U.S. v. SWEHLA

No. 05-2256.

442 F.3d 1143 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Peter SWEHLA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Messina, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.

Stephanie M. Rose, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, MCMILLIAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Paul Peter Swehla appeals the district court's2 sentence of 262 months imprisonment for distributing morphine within 1,000 feet of a school. Swehla argues that his sentence is unreasonable because his criminal record was overstated and the presentence report was inflammatory and not objective. We affirm.

I.

In November 1998, Swehla's father, Gerald Swehla, was diagnosed with colon cancer. A doctor...

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