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No. 10-4250
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Spartanburg.
G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (7:07-cr-00695-GRA-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
Benjamin
T.
Stepp,
Assistant
Federal
Public
Defender,
Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant.
William N. Nettles,
United States Attorney, Maxwell Cauthen, Assistant United States
Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM:
Avery Demond Jeter pled guilty to being a felon in
possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) (2006) (count
one),
and
possession
of
firearm
in
furtherance
of
drug
sentence.
imposed
At
total
resentencing,
sentence
of
262
the
district
months
court
again
imprisonment,
but
three.
On
appeal,
Jeter
challenges
his
262-month
court
reviews
We affirm.
sentence
for
reasonableness,
us
to
ensure
that
the
Gall v. United
court
committed
no
calculate
calculating)
(or
improperly
the
Guidelines
range,
on
clearly
erroneous
facts,
or
failing
to
adequately
United States v.
For instance, the
appellate
arguments
and
court
has
that
[it]
reasoned
has
basis
considered
for
the
exercising
parties
[its]
own
F.3d 325, 328 (4th Cir. 2009) (internal citation and quotation
marks omitted).
than
the
one
ultimately
imposed,
the
party
also United States v. Thompson, 595 F.3d 544, 546 (4th Cir.
2010) ([A] defendant need only ask for a sentence outside the
range calculated by the court prior to sentencing in order to
preserve his claim for appellate review.).
3
Jeter
asserts
that
the
district
court
committed
Id.
These arguments
render
an
arguments.
individualized
explanation
addressing
those
This standard
the
error
did
not
affect
Jeters
substantial
rights.
United States v. Robinson, 460 F.3d 550, 557 (4th Cir. 2006).
Specifically,
the
demonstrates
that
Government
may
the
did
error
avoid
not
reversal
have
only
if
substantial
it
and
the
defendants
sentence imposed.
(4th
Cir.
2010)
arguments
would
not
have
affected
the
and
internal
quotation
marks
omitted).
We
have
reviewed
the
record
and
agree
with
the
See id. at
and
new
parental
responsibilities.
The
court
had
considered
sentence.
the
3553(a)
factors
before
imposing
makes
clear
that
the
sentencing
judge
considered
the
to
write
more
Jeters sentence.
facts
and
legal
extensively.).
Accordingly,
we
affirm
are
5
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
the
court
and
argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED