United States v. Antonio Straight

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States v. Antonio Straight, 581 F. App'x 605 (8th Cir. 2014)

United States v. Antonio Straight

Opinion

[Unpublished]

PER CURIAM.

Antonio Straight directly appeals after the district court 1 revoked his supervised release and sentenced him above his Chapter 7 advisory Guidelines range to the statutory maximum of 24 months in prison. Straight’s counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief, arguing that Straight’s sentence is unreasonable.

Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose an unreasonable sentence, particularly in light of Straight’s repeated violations of his supervised-release conditions and the court’s extensive statement of reasons to support its sentencing decision. See United States v. Thunder, 553 F.3d 605, 608-09 (8th Cir. 2009) (revocation sentence above advisory range was not substantively unreasonable where defendant repeatedly violated supervised release); United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 924 (8th Cir. 2006) (affirming statutory maximum revocation sentence where district court justified decision by giving supporting reasons); see also United States v. Growden, 663 F.3d 982, 984 (8th Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (revocation sentence is reviewed for substantive reasonableness under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard).

*606 Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

1

. The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Antonio STRAIGHT, Defendant-Appellant
Status
Unpublished