U.S. v. Abebe

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 10-3966
Decision Date: 
June 29, 2011
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Indianpolis Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 180-month term of incarceration on armed robbery charge even though applicable guideline called for sentence in 84 to 105-month range. Fact that Dist. Ct. stated that it sought to impose "reasonable" sentence and failed to state obligation to set sentence at "sufficient, but not greater than necessary" level did not constitute error. Moreover, instant above-guideline sentence was reasonable given circumstances of bank robbery that included fact that defendant shot bystander in face.