Legal Opinion
United States v. King
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 31, 2014No. 12-2047PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The federal sentencing guidelines are designed to serve as tools to assist judges in performing one of their most consequential tasks. They are not meant to dictate robotic sentencing outcomes. In this single-issue appeal, defendant-appellant Thomas King challenges his 72-month term of immurement as substantively unreasonable. As framed, his challenge both distorts the function of the federal sentencing guidelines and undervalues the district court’s broader appraisal of the seriousness of the offense of conviction. After setting the record straight, we affirm.
Inasmuch as…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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