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U.S. v. Silva

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jan 7, 2010
359 F. App'x 547 (5th Cir. 2010)

Summary

holding 24-month above guidelines sentence for revocation was not unreasonable or plainly unreasonable where offender argued the court considered only his need for treatment

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Opinion

No. 09-50275 Summary Calendar.

January 7, 2010.

Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

M. Carolyn Fuentes, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, USDC No. 5:03-CR-508-1.

Before KING, STEWART and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


Miguel Silva, Jr., appeals the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release. Silva argues that his above-guidelines 24-month sentence was unreasonable. He contends that the district court improperly made his need for medical care or other correctional treatment the sole criterion in its sentencing determination and that his marijuana usage and failure to follow reporting conditions did not merit a 24-month sentence.

Prior to United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), we upheld a sentence imposed after revocation of supervised release unless it violated the law or was plainly unreasonable. United States v. Stiefel, 207 F.3d 256, 259 (5th Cir. 2000); see 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a)(1), (4). In Booker, however, the Supreme Court directed appellate courts to review sentences for reasonableness. 543 U.S. at 259-62, 125 S.Ct. 738. Although we have not squarely addressed the proper standard of review to be applied to revocation sentences, we need not do so today because Suva's sentence passes muster under either standard of review. See United States v. Hinson, 429 F.3d 114, 119-20 (5th Cir. 2005).

Although Suva's sentence exceeded the advisory guidelines range, it did not exceed the statutory maximum sentence that could be imposed upon revocation of supervised release. Furthermore, the record indicates that the district court considered the advisory guidelines range, the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, and the arguments of counsel. Accordingly, Silva has not shown that his sentence was either unreasonable or plainly unreasonable. See Hinson, 429 F.3d at 119-20.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Silva

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jan 7, 2010
359 F. App'x 547 (5th Cir. 2010)

holding 24-month above guidelines sentence for revocation was not unreasonable or plainly unreasonable where offender argued the court considered only his need for treatment

Summary of this case from U.S. v. Naslund
Case details for

U.S. v. Silva

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miguel SILVA, Jr., also…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jan 7, 2010

Citations

359 F. App'x 547 (5th Cir. 2010)

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