Whether the district court erred in sentencing the appellant to a greater sentence than necessary

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN SENTENCING THE APPELLANT STEVEN BETHEA TO A GREATER SENTENCE THAN NECESSARY AS THE COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY UPWARDLY VARIED THE SENTENCE BY IMPOSING A _ SUBSTANTIVELY UNREASONABLE SENTENCE THAT VIOLATED THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION. i