Opinion
Criminal Action No. 12-cr-00046-REB
03-08-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 1. CHRISTOPHER PRIDE, a/k/a "CK Ru," Defendant.
Counsel: Susan "Zeke" Knox La Fonda Traore
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Courtroom Deputy: Nel Steffens
Court Reporter: Tracy Weir
Probation Officer: Gary Burney
Counsel:
Susan "Zeke" Knox
La Fonda Traore
SENTENCING MINUTES
9:08 a.m. Court in session.
Appearances of counsel. Defendant is present in custody. Court's opening remarks. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3552 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32, the Probation Department has conducted a presentence investigation and has filed a presentence report and addendum. Counsel for the government confirms that counsel has read the presentence report and addendum. Counsel for the defendant informs the court that counsel has read and discussed the presentence report and addendum with the defendant. Defendant's counsel makes a statement on behalf of the defendant, offers information in mitigation of punishment, comments on the probation officer's sentencing guideline applications and calculations, and comments on matters relating to the appropriate sentence. Defendant is sworn. Statement by the defendant. Statement by counsel for the government. The court makes a sentencing statement pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) and enters findings of fact, conclusions of law, judgment(s) of conviction, sentence(s), and orders.
IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That the plea agreement of the parties as presented in Court's Exhibits 1 and 2 is formally approved;Parties state they have no objections to the sentence imposed. The defendant has waived his right to appeal the sentence imposed.
2. That the pending motions are resolved as follows:
• the government's Motion To Dismiss Counts Two and Four of the Indictment [#38] filed February 22, 2013, is GRANTED;3. That judgment of conviction under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(k) is entered on Counts One and Three of the Indictment;
• the Government's Motion Regarding Acceptance of Responsibility [#39] filed February 22, 2013, is GRANTED;
4. That pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, it is the judgment and sentence of this court that the defendant is committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a term of seventy-seven (77) months on each of Counts One and Three, which sentences shall be served concurrently one with another and concurrently with any previously imposed sentence in federal or state court, including the sentence imposed in the District Court in and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado in case numbers 08CR4393 and 09CR5260; provided furthermore, that the Colorado Department of Corrections is designated as the place, status, and location for service of this federal sentence to the extent practicable;
5. That on release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a term of three (3) years on each of Counts One and Three, to be served concurrently; provided furthermore, that within 72 hours of defendant's release from imprisonment and the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, the defendant shall report in person to the U.S. probation department within the district to which he is released;
6. That while on supervised release, the defendant shall comply with the following conditions of supervised release:
• all mandatory conditions of supervised release, prescribed by law at 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) and USSG §5D1.3(a);
• all standard conditions of supervised release approved and imposed by this court in all such cases and circumstances; and
• the following explicit or special conditions of supervised release:
• that the defendant shall not violate any federal, state, or municipal statute, regulation, or ordinance in any jurisdiction or place where defendant may be during the term of supervised release;
• that the defendant shall not possess or use illegally controlled substances;
• that the defendant shall not possess or use any firearm or destructive device as defined under federal law at 18 U.S.C. § 921;
• that the defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a sample of defendant's DNA;
• that the defendant shall submit to one drug test within fifteen (15) days from defendant's release from imprisonment, as directed by the probation department, and thereafter, to at least two periodic tests for the use of controlled substances as directed and determined by the court;
• that at defendant's expense, the defendant shall, unless then indigent, undergo an alcohol/substance abuse evaluation, and thereafter, at defendant's expense receive any treatment, therapy, counseling, testing or education prescribed by the evaluation or as directed by defendant's
7. That no fine is imposed;probation officer or as ordered by the court; that defendant shall abstain from the use of alcohol or other intoxicants during the course of any such treatment, therapy, counseling, testing, or education; provided, furthermore, that to ensure continuity of treatment, the probation department is authorized to release mental health records and reports of the defendant and the PSR to any person or entity responsible for or involved in the treatment, therapy, counseling, testing, or education of the defendant;
• that the defendant shall submit his person, property,
including any place of residence, his papers, or office to a search conducted by a United States probation officer; provided that any such search must be conducted at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, and any such search must be supported by reasonable suspicion that the defendant has violated one or more of his conditions of supervised release;
8. That the defendant shall pay forthwith a special victim's fund assessment fee of $100.00 for each count of conviction for a total of $200.00;
9. That presentence confinement credit shall be determined by the Bureau of Prisons under 18 U.S.C. § 3585; and
10. That the defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
9:45 a.m. Court in recess.
Total time in court: 00:37 Hearing concluded.