Legal Opinion
United States v. Burnette
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 11, 2008No. 07-1476PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Shawn Lee Burnette pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, methamphet amine. The district court 1 sentenced him to 188 months in prison. Burnette appeals contending that the district judge should have recused, the determination of drug quantity was in error, two levels for acceptance of responsibility should have been awarded, the district court misapprehended its discretion to sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and the sentence was unreasonable. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742, this…
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