United States v. Leon
United States v. Leon
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Robert Leon was sentenced to a total of seventy-two months’ imprisonment and
Leon admitted the violations at his revocation hearing, and the only conceivable ground for appeal identified by counsel is whether twelve months is too much time. We will uphold a term of imprisonment imposed on revocation of supervision unless it is “plainly unreasonable,” a very narrow standard. United States v. Kizeart, 505 F.3d 672, 674-75 (7th Cir. 2007). In selecting an appropriate prison term to follow revocation, the district court must consider the policy statements in the guidelines, see U.S.S.G. ch. 7, pt. B, and the sentencing factors set out in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). United States v. Neal, 512 F.3d 427, 438 (7th Cir. 2008). In this case, the court acknowledged that Leon’s Grade B violation, see U.S.S.G. § 7Bl.l(a)(2), combined with his criminal history category of III, yielded a guidelines range of eight to fourteen months’ reimprisonment. U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4(a). The court then weighed the § 3553(a) factors, including the nature of the violations underlying the revocation, Leon’s history and characteristics, and the need for adequate deterrence to this type of violation. Thus, the court’s consideration of the guidelines and statutory factors was adequate, and we agree with counsel that any challenge to Leon’s term of reimprisonment would be frivolous.
We therefore GRANT counsel’s motion to withdraw and DISMISS the appeal.
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