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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MARIO D. ADAMS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 30, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Andrew Byrd, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Kevin Bringman, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Judge(s): MOORE, MURPHY, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland

BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judge. Mario Adams, a defendant with a history of mental health issues, challenges the district court’s decision to give him the statutory maximum sentence of 24 months’ imprisonment for violating the terms of his supervised release. Adams contends that this sentence was procedurally unreasonable because the district court improperly considered his mental health as an aggravating factor in its sentencing determination. The district court’s sentence was based on permissible factors, not on Adams’s mental health status, so we affirm.

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