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United States v. Michael Saguto

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 3, 2019No. 18-1276PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Michael J. Saguto, an inmate, walked off federal prison grounds in Forrest City, Arkansas, and absconded. He was apprehended and subsequently charged with escape and conspiracy to escape. Saguto conditionally pleaded guilty and now appeals, arguing that the district court 1 erred by failing to recognize a Sixth Amendment speedy trial violation, that his counsel's performance was constitutionally deficient, and that the ultimate sentence imposed upon him is substantively unreasonable. We disagree and affirm.

I. Background

On January 3, 2015, Saguto was in the sixth month of an…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Kimbrough v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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