Defendant's firearm possession sentence is affirmed, where a District Court does not abuse its discretion by declining to consider the disparity between a recommended Guidelines sentence and the maximum sentence a defendant would receive if convicted of the same conduct in state court.
Read US v. Ringgold, No. 06-10492
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted December 15, 2008
Filed July 7, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Thomas
Counsel
For Appellant:
Barry J. Portman, Federal Public Defender, Oakland, CA
For Appellee:
Joseph P. Russoniello, United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA
W.S. Wilson Leung, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA
