Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2010No. 10-1127PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Tony Ray Ferguson appeals from his sentence of 60 months imprisonment imposed after his conviction for possession of a prohibited object in prison. See 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2). He contends that the district court 1 committed multiple procedural errors, abused its discretion by imposing a sentence 48 months above his Sentencing Guidelines range, and violated the Eighth Amendment in imposing a 60 month sentence for a minor possession conviction. We affirm.
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Since April 2006, Ferguson has been a federal prisoner at the Federal Correctional Complex in Forrest City, Arkansas…
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