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United States v. John Pinke, 4th Cir. (2015)
United States v. John Pinke, 4th Cir. (2015)
No. 14-4813
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg.
Irene M. Keeley,
District Judge. (1:14-cr-00009-IMK-JSK-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
July 2, 2015
PER CURIAM:
John Pinke appeals the district courts judgment sentencing
him to 275 months of imprisonment pursuant to his convictions
for assaulting with intent to commit murder, conspiring to do
the same, assaulting with a dangerous weapon with intent to do
bodily harm, and assaulting another inmate resulting in serious
bodily injury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2, 7(3), 113(a)(1),
(a)(3), (6), 371 (2012).
Counsel stated
the
district
assault
and
resulting
court
correctly
injuries
given
admitted
their
videos
gruesome
of
the
nature,
counts
of
conviction,
and
grouped
Pinkes
offenses
to
proper
foundation
and
abused
its
discretion
in
After
review
for
decision
to
admit
injuries
despite
abuse
the
their
of
discretion
videos
of
gruesome
2
the
the
district
assault
nature.
and
United
courts
resulting
States
v.
potential
probative value.
for
prejudice
substantially
outweighed
their
nature
and
duration
of
the
assault.
The
second
video
1990).
resulted
from
district
court
arithmetical,
may
correct
technical,
or
other
sentence
clear
that
error
We
offense
counts,
so
Guidelines
level
before
stacking
that
the
overall
range
but
no
the
sentence
specific
sentences
for
two
be
within
his
would
exceed
the
would
sentence
Gall v. United
on
one
or
more
of
the
other
counts
shall
run
sentence
equal
to
the
total
punishment.
U.S.
Cir.
(holding
that
plain-error
review
applies
to
must demonstrate that an error (1) occurred, (2) was plain, and
(3) affected his substantial rights.
507
U.S.
725,
732
(1993).
Even
then,
we
may
exercise
our
Id.
factual
determination
of
whether
evidence
is
that
review
presented
of
the
sufficient
record
evidence
indicates
of
that
the
authentication.
Id.
Government
As
to
the
another
that
prison
employee
explained
he
responded
to
the
otherwise,
the
in
district
courts
videos.
5
decision
to
admit
these
does
to
not
prove
statement.
Fed.
make
the
R.
the
truth
Evid.
of
current
the
801(c).
trial,
matter
Hearsay
offered
asserted
is
in
in
the
inadmissible
Fed.
R. Evid. 802.
Here, we hold that even if error occurred, it was harmless,
in view of high probability that the error did not affect the
judgment.
Pinke sought
victim
through
third
party,
and
the
district
court
Consequently, we affirm
of
the
United
States
for
further
review.
If
Pinke
Counsels
We
dispense
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
and
legal
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED