Opinion
No. 14-1885
11-03-2014
United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Antonio Straight Defendant - Appellant
Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids [Unpublished] Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
Antonio Straight directly appeals after the district court revoked his supervised release and sentenced him above his Chapter 7 advisory Guidelines range to the statutory maximum of 24 months in prison. Straight's counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief, arguing that Straight's sentence is unreasonable.
The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose an unreasonable sentence, particularly in light of Straight's repeated violations of his supervised-release conditions and the court's extensive statement of reasons to support its sentencing decision. See United States v. Thunder, 553 F.3d 605, 608-09 (8th Cir. 2009) (revocation sentence above advisory range was not substantively unreasonable where defendant repeatedly violated supervised release); United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 924 (8th Cir. 2006) (affirming statutory maximum revocation sentence where district court justified decision by giving supporting reasons); see also United States v. Growden, 663 F.3d 982, 984 (8th Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (revocation sentence is reviewed for substantive reasonableness under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel's motion to withdraw.