United States v. Jacobo Heide-Kehler

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States v. Jacobo Heide-Kehler, 357 F. App'x 581 (5th Cir. 2009)

United States v. Jacobo Heide-Kehler

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

FILED December 15, 2009 No. 09-50176 Conference Calendar Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JACOBO HEIDE-KEHLER,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 3:08-CR-2847-1

Before KING, JOLLY, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The district court sentenced Jacobo Heide-Kehler to serve 46 months in prison and a three-year term of supervised release following Heide-Kehler’s conviction of one count of attempted illegal reentry into the United States. In this appeal, Heide-Kehler challenges his sentence, which was within the applicable guidelines range, as being too severe. He argues that the pertinent Guideline, U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, improperly double counted his prior conviction and

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR . R. 47.5.4. No. 09-50176

that the district court did not properly weigh the sentencing factors given in

18 U.S.C. § 3553

(a). Following United States v. Booker,

543 U.S. 220

(2005), we review sentences for reasonableness in light of the sentencing factors in § 3553(a). United States v. Mares,

402 F.3d 511, 519-20

(5th Cir. 2005). Pursuant to Gall v. United States,

552 U.S. 38

(2007), we engage in a bifurcated review of the sentence imposed by the district court. United States v. Delgado-Martinez,

564 F.3d 750, 752

(5th Cir. 2009). First, we consider whether the district court committed a “significant procedural error.”

Id. at 752-53

. If there is no such error, we then review the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed for an abuse of discretion.

Id. at 751-53

. We have previously rejected the argument that a sentence imposed in accordance with § 2L1.2 is greater than necessary to meet § 3553(a)’s goals as a result of the alleged double counting inherent in that Guideline. See United States v. Duarte,

569 F.3d 528, 529-31

(5th Cir.), cert. denied,

130 S. Ct. 378

(2009). Heide-Kehler’s double counting argument is thus unavailing. Heide-Kehler’s arguments concerning the district court’s balancing of the § 3553(a) factors amount to a disagreement with the district court’s weighing of these factors and the appropriateness of his within-guidelines sentence. He has not shown that his sentence was either procedurally or substantively unreasonable, nor has he rebutted the presumption of reasonableness that attaches to his within-guidelines sentence. See United States v. Armstrong,

550 F.3d 382, 405

(5th Cir. 2008), cert. denied,

130 S. Ct. 54

(2009); United States v. Alonzo,

435 F.3d 551, 554

(5th Cir. 2006). The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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Status
Unpublished