Salah Mohamed v. United States
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Does a court abuse its discretion under the United States Sentencing Guidelines by sentencing a naturalized defendant more than three times above his recommended sentencing range for escape when the court considers the defendant's flight through Mexico and his attempt to reach Yemen (where he was born, and where his wife, children and family remain) an aggravating factor?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; (1) , Does a court abuse its discretion under the United States Sentencing Guidelines by sentencing a naturalized defendant more than three times above his recommended sentencing range for escape when the court considers the defendant's flight through Mexico and his attempt to reach Yemen (where he was born, and where his wife, children and family remain) an aggravating factor? And if not, (2) | . Is it ever an abuse of discretion to sentence a defendant at the statutory maximum sentence regardless of the properly calculated Sentencing : Guidelines' advisory range? -i