Legal Opinion
United States v. Timberlake
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2012No. 11-2220PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Tavon Timberlake pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2). The district court 1 granted the Government’s motion for both an upward departure and an upward variance from Timberlake’s advisory Sentencing Guidelines range, sentencing Timberlake to 80 months imprisonment. Timberlake appeals, challenging the district court’s application of the Guidelines and arguing that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. We affirm.
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