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Eighth Circuit· 1/27/2012

United States v. Pickar

Citations

  • 666 F.3d 1167
  • 2012 WL 246532
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 1506

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  • stating that a sentencing court’s decision to assign greater weight to a defendant’s criminal history than mitigating factors is “well within its wide sentencing latitude”
  • district court emphasized that the defendant needed to be deterred and was a danger to the public, and then noted that a longer sentence would provide the defendant with needed care and treatment
  • \The court's decision to assign greater weight to [the defendant's] criminal history and the nature of his offense than to mitigating personal factors was well within its wide sentencing latitude.\
  • district court emphasized that the defendant needed to be deterred and was a danger to the public, and then noted that a longer sentence would provide the defendant with needed care and treatment
  • district court emphasized that the defendant needed to be deterred and was a danger to the public, and then noted that a longer sentence would provide the defendant with needed care and treatment

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Judges: Riley, Loken, Benton

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