U.S. v. Vaughn

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-3789
Decision Date: 
July 30, 2010
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Terre Haute Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to above guideline, 180-month term of incarceration on charge of aggravated assault on prison guard. Dist. Ct. adequately explained rationale for giving above-guideline sentence where Dist. Ct. made accurate calculation of appropriate guideline range and indicated that higher sentence was necessary to deter senseless attack involving defendant's use of gruesome shank to stab victim several times.