Opinion
Criminal Action No. 11-cr-00033-REB
05-04-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 5. TREVOR WAYNE YEAGER, Defendant.
Counsel: Susan "Zeke" Knox Steven Jacobson
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Courtroom Deputy: Nel Steffens
Court Reporter: Tracy Weir
Probation Officer: Gary Kruck
Counsel:
Susan "Zeke" Knox
Steven Jacobson
SENTENCING MINUTES
9:07 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 pre-sentence report and three addenda. Counsel for the government confirms that counsel has read the presentence report and addenda. Counsel for the defendant informs the court that counsel has read and discussed the presentence report and addenda 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 of conviction, sentence, 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 waives formal advisement of appeal.
2. That the pending motions are resolved as follows:
• the Government's Motion Regarding Acceptance of Responsiblity [#302] filed April 19, 2012, is GRANTED;3. That judgment of conviction under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(k) is entered on Count One of the Indictment;
• the government's Motion To Dismiss Count Two of Indictment [#303] filed April 19, 2012, is GRANTED; that accordingly, Count Two of the Indictment is DISMISSED as to this defendant only;
• the Government's Title 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and § 5K1.1 Motion for Downward Departure Based on Substantial Assistance [#304] filed April 19, 2012, 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 fifty-nine (59) months;
5. That on release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be placed on
supervised release for a term of five (5) years; 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 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,
7. That no fine is imposed;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 reside in a Residential Reentry Center for a period not to exceed six (6) months to commence on his release from custody to facilitate his transition from incarceration to the community; provided furthermore, that the defendant shall comply with all rules, regulations, policies, directives, orders and contractual provisions, if any, of the RRC where he is placed;
8. That the defendant shall pay forthwith a special victim's fund assessment fee of $100.00;
9. That an order and judgment of forfeiture shall be entered under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and 21 U.S.C. § 853 pursuant to the plea agreement of the parties and as provided by law;
10. That presentence confinement credit shall be determined by the Bureau of Prisons under 18 U.S.C. § 3585;
11. That this court recommends that the Bureau of Prisons designate the defendant to a correctional institution in the State and District of Colorado that will facilitate his participation in and completion of the Bureau of Prisons RDAP; and
12. That the defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
9:35 a.m. Court in recess.
Total time in court: 00:28 Hearing concluded.