Opinion ID: 146818
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Sentencing variance requested.

Text: As for the request for a sentencing variance, we review a district court’s sentence under the deferential abuse-of-discretion standard. United States v. -5- Smart, 518 F.3d 800, 802 (10th Cir. 2008). The only grounds advanced by Martin to justify a sentence variance were his age (49), the fact that he had no criminal history, and that his wife was in ill health. We cannot conclude that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to credit these reasons as justification for a sentence variance. The court sentenced Martin to a prison term which fell at the bottom of the Sentencing Guidelines’ range. The court also gave reasons for the sentence imposed, correctly applying the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.