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No. 15-4233
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Statesville.
Richard L.
Voorhees, District Judge. (5:13-cr-00053-RLV-DCK-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
April 8, 2016
PER CURIAM:
Stoney Shew pleaded guilty, without a written agreement, to
conspiracy to distribute, possess with intent to distribute, and
manufacture
methamphetamine,
in
violation
of
21
U.S.C.
for
methamphetamine,
841(c)(2)
in
(2012).
the
purpose
violation
The
of
district
of
21
manufacturing
U.S.C.
court
802(34)(K),
sentenced
Shew
to
135
months imprisonment, a downward variance from the 360-month-tolife Sentencing Guidelines range.
review
Shews
sentence
We affirm.
for
reasonableness
under
an
abuse-of-discretion standard.
quotation
or
below
presumptively
can
only
be
unreasonable
Cir.)
omitted).
Any
properly
calculated
[substantively]
reasonable.
rebutted
when
[(2012)] factors.
(4th
marks
by
measured
showing
against
sentence
Guidelines
Such
that
the
the
18
Id.
that
is
range
is
presumption
sentence
U.S.C.
is
3553(a)
(citation
omitted),
cert.
2
denied,
135
S.
Ct.
421
(2014).
We
conclude
that
Shew
has
failed
to
rebut
the
we
affirm
the
district
courts
criminal
contentions
this
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED