Opinion ID: 151874
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Final Sentence and Objections

Text: The court immediatelywithout hearing any argument on the application of the parsimony principle to its findingsannounced the sentence. The court settled on 210 months' imprisonment (or 17.5 years), a special assessment of $100, forfeiture, and a lifetime term of supervised release (which included a mandatory substance abuse and mental health program specializing in sex offender treatment). ( Id. at 61-62.) In accordance with Jones, the court then asked whether there was any objection to the sentence or the manner in which it had been pronounced. The prosecutor objected to the extent of the variance, which is almost half, and based on the factors adduced in this record, particularly the seriousness and long-term nature of the offense, [that] the extent of that variance would be unreasonable. The court merely responded that the sentence was more like 60 percent of the guideline, not half. (Sentencing Hr'g Tr. 65.)