Legal Opinion

United States v. Sarah Beranek

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 15, 2015No. 14-3500Unpublished

1Per curiam

After Sarah Beranek pleaded guilty to drug offenses, the district court 1 imposed consecutive sentences totaling 109 months in prison and three years of supervised release, after granting the government’s U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 departure motion, reducing the Guidelines range by 10%, and sentencing Beranek at the top of the reduced range. Beranek appeals. Her counsel has moved to withdraw, and in a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel argues that the sentence is unreasonable.

Upon careful review, we conclude that the sentence is not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Penson v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. United States v. Amos Deering, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008

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