In the government's appeal of defendant's sentence for interstate travel in aid of racketeering, the sentence is affirmed where: 1) the district court committed no procedural error in mentioning defendant's Iranian-Christian status; and 2) the record supported the weight the district court attached to certain 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) factors in varying downward from the applicable Guidelines sentence.
Appellate Information
Filed December 22, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Murphy
Counsel
For Appellant:
Michael C. Johnson, David M. Gaouette, Assistant United States Attorneys, Denver, CO
For Appellee:
Howard A. Pincus, Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defenders, Denver, CO
