United States v. Kendrix D. Feemster

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• holding Roper does not prohibit using juvenile conduct to enhance a sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines
• holding Roper does not prohibit using juvenile conduct to enhance a sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines
• “[although the execution of a juvenile is impermissible under the [e]ighth and [fourteenth [a]mendments [to the federal constitution], sentencing a juvenile to life imprisonment is not”
• “Feemster’s prior adult convictions for conduct occurring while Feemster was a juvenile do not justify the extent of the district court’s variance.”
• “The absence of grounds that justify further punishment is not a ground for a downward variance.”
• \The absence of grounds that justify further punishment is not a ground for a downward variance.\

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