United States v. McKinzie

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

After Barrington Horace McKinzie (McKinzie) pled guilty to making a false statement on a passport application, the district court 1 sentenced McKinzie to 30 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release to run consecutively to a 30-month sentence McKinzie was already serving in the Eastern District of Missouri. McKinzie appeals his sentence, challenging the district court’s upward variance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or Guidelines) range. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 7, 2001, McKinzie submitted an application for a United…