Whether the district court erred by imposing a sentence without adequate explanation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c), and the length of which sentence was greater than necessary pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the district court erred by imposing a sentence without adequate explanation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c), and the length of which sentence was greater than necessary pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Whether the explanation given by the circuit court may have been adequate to impose an upward variant, but inadequate to impose the maximum possible sentence. Il. Whether the district court violated due process by imposing the maximum possible sentence where the court rested its decision on the blanket assertion that it accepted the probation officer’s report in it’s entirety, knowing the defense felt the report was factually inaccurate. -i