United States v. Torrian Riley
United States v. Torrian Riley
Opinion
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-10119 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus
TORRIAN SHARDEION RILEY, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 7:17-cr-00435-AMM-NAD-1 ____________________
Before JILL PRYOR, LUCK, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Torrian Riley appeals his 24-month prison sentence imposed after he violated the terms of his supervised release by testing pos- itive for illegal controlled substances. He argues that the district USCA11 Case: 25-10119 Document: 35-1 Date Filed: 09/15/2025 Page: 2 of 3
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court imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence because it did not consider the statutory sentencing factors and imposed its sen- tence based solely on his request at the hearing. We review the substantive reasonableness of a sentence im- posed following the revocation of supervised release for abuse of discretion. United States v. Trailer, 827 F.3d 933, 935-36 (11th Cir. 2016). Under the doctrine of invited error, we will not address the merits of an error that the defendant induced or invited the district court to make. United States v. Love, 449 F.3d 1154, 1157 (11th Cir. 2006). A defendant has invited the district court to err when he expressly requested the sentence that the court ultimately im- posed. Id.; United States v. Carpenter, 803 F.3d 1224, 1236-37 (11th Cir. 2015). Here, Riley invited any error by requesting the 24-month prison sentence at the revocation hearing. After the district court decided to impose a sentence of 11 months’ imprisonment fol- lowed by a 25-month term of supervised release, Riley raised the possibility of serving a 24-month prison sentence with no term of supervised release. The district court said that the decision was up to Riley and Riley expressly confirmed that he wanted the 24- month prison sentence without any supervised release. Although Riley now argues that he made an “off-hand com- ment” and did not understand that he was agreeing to a longer prison sentence, the record shows that he expressly requested the sentence that he ultimately received. To the extent any error USCA11 Case: 25-10119 Document: 35-1 Date Filed: 09/15/2025 Page: 3 of 3
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resulted from the 24-month sentence, it was invited by Riley. Thus, we affirm. AFFIRMED.
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