Ninth Circuit: US v. Paul Swallow

Sentencing determination that the deft's tennis shoes were dangerous weapons when used to stomp on the victim's head was not an abuse of discretion.

Error, though, to hold that the crime was committed for something of value when the deft had attacked the victim after not receiving the promised drugs in exchange for his wife's $10.

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/06/11/16-30224.pdf