By: Rick Benedict//December 19, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Alexander Kluball
Case No.: 16-2087
Officials: EASTERBROOK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and FEINERMAN, District Judge.
Focus: Mental Health – Sentencing
Alexander Kluball was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment for transporting a 17‐ year‐old girl across state lines with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421. The only issue on appeal is whether the district court violated Kluball’s due process right to be sentenced based on accurate information by finding that his mental health history suggested that further treatment would be unlikely to have a “lasting impact” on his ability to refrain from further criminal conduct. There was no due process violation, and so the district court’s judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed