U.S. v. MORRIS

No. 89-1099.

878 F.2d 252 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David Eugene MORRIS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Schmidt, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Thomas D. Thalken, Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

David Eugene Morris appeals his conviction on a plea of no contest to one count of obstruction of correspondence under 18 U.S.C. § 1702. Morris argues the district court abused its discretion when imposing sentence by failing to give proper weight to the nonviolent nature of the offense and the individual circumstances of Morris and his family. We affirm Morris' conviction and sentence.

On April 21, 1988, a federal grand jury indicted Morris...

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