Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher Holdsworth
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2016No. 15-2382PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Wayne Holdsworth appeals his revocation sentence of 51 months’ imprisonment, arguing that the district court 1 procedurally erred by (1) designating him as an offender with a criminal history category of VI instead of V in calculating his Guidelines range, and (2) lengthening his sentence to provide rehabilitation opportunities, in violation of Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319, 131 S.Ct. 2382, 180 L.Ed.2d 357 (2011). He also argues that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. We affirm.
I. Background
Holdsworth pleaded guilty to being a felon in…
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