Thursday, February 28, 2008

Multiple Sentencing Hearings Not Unreasonable

US v. Collins, No. 06-5221, 2/27/08 (unpublished) - District court did not abuse its discretion in conducting a series of sentencing hearings in an attempt to properly determine the correct amount of substance attributable to the defendant in this drug conspiracy case. Getting the amount, and resulting base offense level, right is part of a procedurally reasonable sentence. Sufficient evidence supported the court's final calculation and the sentence was substantively reasonable as well.