United States v. Lehmann

Johnette Lehmann pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court * sentenced her to probation, and the government appeals, arguing that the sentence is unreasonable with regard to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). We affirm.

On September 18, 2005, Lehmann’s eight-year-old son, Jamie, called Lehmann to say that Ashley, Lehmann’s fourteen-year-old daughter, was bleeding. Leh-mann returned home to find Ashley lying face down in a pool of blood with a pistol underneath her body. Ashley died several days…