Court Opinion

ID: 9483591
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:25:36.641172+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:43.043820
License: Public Domain

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge,
concurring.
This case presents an unusual situation because of the introduction of testimony *402regarding the defendant’s mental state at the time the offense was committed. I join with Judge Suhrheinrich in his majority opinion because I think in light of all the circumstances of this case the result he reaches is fair and just under the Sentencing Guidelines. I therefore join in the whole of the majority opinion agreeing that the case should be remanded to the district court for resentencing with the understanding that on this record the defendant has not met his burden of proving that there is a sufficient departure from normal mental capacity to warrant a reduction from the guideline range of twenty-one to twenty-seven months in prison.