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United States v. Bobby Lee Minton, 4th Cir. (2013)
United States v. Bobby Lee Minton, 4th Cir. (2013)
No. 12-4540
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Statesville.
Richard L.
Voorhees, District Judge. (5:07-cr-00010-RLV-CH-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
February 6, 2013
PER CURIAM:
Bobby Lee McCaine Minton appeals the district courts
order revoking his term of supervised release and imposing a
sentence of twelve months imprisonment.
whether
Mintons
supervised
sentence
was
the
district
release
plainly
and
court
erroneously
whether
unreasonable.
the
Minton
revoked
twelve-month
was
given
the
We
affirm.
A
district
court
may
revoke
term
of
supervised
violated
condition
of
his
supervised
of
supervised
release.
18
by
using
illegal
drugs.
proof
of
intentional
use
of
controlled
substance
is
A
sentence
district
after
court
revoking
has
a
broad
discretion
defendants
to
impose
supervised
release.
United States v. Thompson, 595 F.3d 544, 547 (4th Cir. 2010).
We will affirm a sentence imposed after revocation of supervised
release
if
it
is
within
the
statutory
maximum
and
is
not
plainly unreasonable.
consider
whether
the
sentence
substantively unreasonable.
imposed
is
Id. at 438.
procedurally
or
A supervised release
be
as
detailed
or
Id. at 438-40.
specific
when
A court need
imposing
revocation
it
still
sentence
must
imposed.
quotation
marks
reasonable
if
the
provide
statement
Thompson,
omitted).
595
A
district
court
of
F.3d
reasons
at
547
sentence
is
stated
proper
for
the
(internal
substantively
basis
for
we
is
found
then
unreasonable.
procedurally
decide
or
whether
Id. at 439.
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substantively
the
sentence
Only if a
unreasonable
is
plainly
After
revocation
review
sentence
reasonable.
The
applicable
is
the
record,
both
The
sentence
maximum
district
we
conclude
procedurally
twelve-month
statutory
imprisonment.
of
of
court
and
is
that
the
substantively
well
below
twenty-four
sufficiently
the
months
explained
its
months
addition,
factors
of
the
in
his
release
court
fashioning
from
prison,
appropriately
its
to
no
considered
sentence,
avail.
the
including
the
In
3553(a)
goal
of
imposition
of
twelve-month
sentence
was
therefore
not
plainly unreasonable.
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire
record for meritorious issues and have found none.
affirm the district courts judgment.
We therefore
Court
of
the
United
States
for
further
review.
If
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