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United States v. Misty Grafton, 4th Cir. (2015)
United States v. Misty Grafton, 4th Cir. (2015)
No. 15-4328
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Elkins.
John Preston Bailey,
District Judge. (2:13-cr-00034-JPB-JSK-4)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Misty Autumn Grafton appeals the district courts judgment
sentencing her to 37 months imprisonment following revocation
of her probation.
is
plainly
unreasonable.
We
vacate
Graftons
sentence
and
will
probation
if
affirm
it
is
sentence
within
plainly unreasonable.
the
imposed
after
statutory
revocation
maximum
and
is
of
not
considerations
original sentences.
(4th
Cir.
we
employ
in
our
review
of
2006).
procedurally
that
reasonable
probation
if
the
revocation
district
court
sentence
is
considers
the
3553(a)
(2012)
factors.
See
18
U.S.C.
3565(a)
(2012);
We therefore conclude
Having
found
the
sentence
unreasonable,
is
plainly
we
assess
next
To determine whether a
unreasonable,
this
Court
looks
to
the
United
For
Id. at 548.
policy
Moulden,
range
renders
Graftons
sentence
plainly unreasonable.
Because Grafton did not preserve this claim for appellate
review, our review is for plain error.
52(b).
(1) the district court committed an error; (2) the error was
plain;
and
(3)
the
error
affected
her
substantial
rights.
Even
if
will
these
exercise
requirements
[its]
are
discretion
met,
to
however,
correct
the
this
error
Court
only
if
it
the district court was well above the advisory policy statement
range calculated by the probation officer, Graftons substantial
rights were affected by the error.
the
district
statement
term.
court
range,
it
calculated
might
have
given
considered
Grafton
the
policy
lower
prison
Accordingly,
we
vacate
Graftons
revocation
sentence
and
before
this
court
and
argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional process.
VACATED AND REMANDED