Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//May 29, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Jason M. Wade

Case No.: 17-3177

Officials: BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Jason Wade pled guilty for a second time to possessing child pornography. The district judge imposed a sentence of 132 months’ imprisonment, though the mandatory minimum and guidelines recommendation was 120 months. Wade argues that the judge procedurally erred by not addressing Wade’s mitigation arguments or explaining the upward variance. In the alternative, he argues that his sentence was substantively unreasonable. Because the judge responded to Wade’s mitigation arguments, adequately justified Wade’s sentence, and did not abuse his discretion, we affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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