United States v. Terrence Newsome

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal under the sentencing guidelines. The defendant-appellant, Terrence Newsome, entered into a plea agreement that said his maximum term of imprisonment could not exceed 57 months. The guideline sentence range was only 33-41 months. Without specifying a legitimate reason for a departure from the guideline range, according to Mr. New-some's submission on appeal, the district court imposed a sentence of 57 months, the maximum permitted under the plea agreement.

Mr. Newsome contends that (a) the sentence was imposed in violation of law, and (b) the…