U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States v. Jermaine Hester
August 21, 2026
Summary
The court affirmed Hester’s firearm-offense sentence, concluding that the district court committed no significant procedural error and imposed a substantively reasonable sentence. It held that any limitation on his wife’s testimony was invited, that the court properly relied on undisputed PSR information and reasonable record-based inferences, and that the record showed consideration of sentencing disparities and the applicable statutory factors.