United States v. Solesbee

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States v. Solesbee, 157 F. App'x 698 (5th Cir. 2005)
DeMOSS, Dennis, Per Curiam, Prado

United States v. Solesbee

Opinion

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM: *

This court affirmed the sentence of William Stephen Solesbee. See United States v. Solesbee, 94 Fed. Appx. 207 (5th Cir. 2004) (per curiam). The Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). This court requested and received supplemental letter briefs addressing the impact of Booker.

Solesbee argues that the district court erroneously based his sentence on facts that were neither admitted by him nor found by the jury. He concedes that review is for plain error only due to his failure to raise an appropriate objection in the district court.

To establish plain error, Solesbee must show that there is error, that it is clear, and that it affects both his substantial rights and the integrity of the proceedings. See United States v. Valenzuela-Quevedo, 407 F.3d 728, 732-33 (5th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 267, — L.Ed.2d —, 2005 WL 1811485 (Oct. 3, 2005) (No. 05-5556). Solesbee has met the first and second prongs of this test because the district court based his sentence upon facts that were neither admitted by him nor found by the jury. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 521 (5th Cir. 2005) cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 43, — L.Ed.2d —, 2005 WL 816208 (Oct. 03, 2005) (No. 04-9517). Nevertheless, Solesbee is not entitled to relief, as the record does not show that he likely would have received a more lenient sentence if the district court had acted under an advisory sentencing scheme. See Mares, 402 F.3d at 521. Solesbee thus has not established that this error affected his substantial rights. See id.

The judgment of conviction is AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART for the reasons stated in our initial opinion. The judgment of sentence is AFFIRMED for the reasons given in this opinion on remand.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Stephen SOLESBEE, Defendant-Appellant
Status
Unpublished