United States v. Robert Ray Courtney

Robert Ray Courtney pleaded guilty to eight counts of product tampering causing serious bodily injury and twelve counts of adulterating or misbranding drugs. The district court 1 sentenced him to thirty years in prison, which was a three-level upward departure from his Guidelines imprisonment range. Courtney appealed the extent of the upward departure. After reviewing the reasonableness of the extent of the upward departure and concluding that it was reasonable, we affirmed Courtney’s sentence. United States v. Courtney, 362 F.3d 497 (8th Cir.2004).

Courtney petitioned the United States…