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U.S. v. Reinat

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 15, 2007
251 F. App'x 146 (4th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 06-5103.

Submitted: October 11, 2007.

Decided: October 15, 2007.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, District Judge. (1:05-cr-00126-2).

Matthew A. Victor, Victor, Victor Helgoe, LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Charles T. Miller, United States Attorney, Miller A. Bushong III, Assistant United States Attorney, Beckley, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Before MICHAEL and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Hector Reinat pled guilty to distributing five grams or more of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a) (West 1999 Supp. 2007), and was sentenced to a term of 135 months imprisonment. Reinat contends on appeal that his sentence was unreasonable because the district court plainly erred in imposing a sentence at the top of the guideline range without considering his individual characteristics, as required under 18 U.S.C.A. § 3553(a)(1) (West 2000 Supp. 2007). See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732-37, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993) (setting out plain error standard of review). We affirm.

After United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), the sentencing court must calculate the appropriate advisory guideline range and consider the range in conjunction with the factors set out in 18 U.S.C.A. § 3553(a) (West 2000 Supp. 2007), to determine an appropriate sentence. United States v. Moreland, 437 F.3d 424, 432 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 2054, 164 L.Ed.2d 804 (2006). A sentence within a properly calculated advisory guideline range is presumptively reasonable. United States v. Johnson, 445 F.3d 339, 341 (4th Cir. 2006); see Rita v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2462-68, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007). The record reveals that the court considered the § 3553(a) factors, although the court did not explicitly discuss each factor on the record. It was not required to do so. Johnson, 445 F.3d at 345. Reinat suggests that the court erred in mentioning information from a co-defendant's trial; however, the court did not rely on this information to resolve any disputed matters. We conclude that no error occurred, and that the sentence imposed was reasonable.

We therefore affirm the sentence imposed by the district court. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Reinat

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 15, 2007
251 F. App'x 146 (4th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

U.S. v. Reinat

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector REINAT, a/k/a…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Oct 15, 2007

Citations

251 F. App'x 146 (4th Cir. 2007)