Opinion ID: 684947
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Heading: Justification for Imposing a Life Sentence

Text: 44 Gage argues that the district judge did not adequately state his reasons for sentencing her to life imprisonment. Under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(c), a judge must state his reasons for imposing a sentence that exceeds 24 months. The district court's statement is reviewed de novo. United States v. Johnson, 953 F.2d 1167, 1173 (9th Cir.), cert. denied 113 S.Ct. 226 (1992). 45 In sentencing Gage, the district judge met the requirements of United States v. Upshaw, 918 F.2d 789, 792 (9th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 499 U.S. 930 (1991), and provided a statement justifying Gage's conviction that closely resembled the statement that we upheld in Johnson, 953 F.2d at 1173. Accordingly, the district court did not err in sentencing Gage.