Legal Opinion
United States v. James Waller
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2012No. 12-1036PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
James Clay Waller pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly transmitting in interstate commerce, via the Internet, a communication containing a threat to injure the person of another, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The district court 1 sentenced Waller to 60 months’ imprisonment, applying a vulnerable victim enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3Al.l(b)(l) and varying upwards under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) after considering Waller’s culpability in the alleged murder 2 of his wife. On appeal, Waller challenges his sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. Background
On July 26, 2011, Cheryl…
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