Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//June 8, 2020//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Michael Propst

Case No.: 19-2377

Officials: RIPPLE, BRENNAN, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

A criminal defendant pleaded guilty to making threatening and harassing interstate telephone calls. He challenges his sentence, arguing the district court relied on an incorrect count of his previous similar convictions as well as insufficiently explained an upward variance in his sentence from the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range. We affirm the defendant’s sentence because he has not shown the district court relied on the misinformation resulting in plain error, and the court properly justified the sentence under the statutory sentencing criteria.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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