Legal Opinion

United States v. Jordan

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 13, 2017No. 16-3370UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Robert E. Bacharach, Circuit Judge

This appeal is brought by Mr. Gary Jordan, who was convicted of three charges arising from an armed bank robbery. The district court sentenced Mr. Jordan to prison for 360 months. He appeals, arguing that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district' court failed to meaningfully consider a methamphetamine addiction. We disagree.

I. We apply the abuse-of-discretion standard.

The length of a sentence must be substantively reasonable. United, States v. Walker, 844 F.3d 1253, 1255 (10th Cir. 2017). We review the substantive…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. SmartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  2. United States v. FriedmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2017
  4. United States v. LenteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. StileCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re: CCA Recordings 2255 LitigationDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2023
  2. Jordan v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2023

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