Opinion ID: 2649766
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The District Court responded:

Text: Yes. The Court also believes consideration should be given to a variance based on the career offender status as it overstates the criminal history and the likelihood that the Defendant will commit future crimes. Two prior convictions were minor drug offenses and also the fact that his previous history compared to his present offenses are just so disparate that the Court feels that to give even the sentence under the amended history still overrepresents the penalty that he deserves in this case. 4 App. 66 (emphasis added). In its written statement of reasons, the District Court indicated that the applicable Guideline range was 151 to 188 months, based on an offense level of 29 and a criminal history category of VI. The court explained that a variance was warranted in light of Thompson’s low likelihood of recidivism. Thompson timely appealed.