US v. Otis Kelly, No. 13-4600 (4th Cir. 2013)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-4600 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. OTIS KELLY, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Sol Blatt, Jr., Senior District Judge. (9:09-cr-00982-SB-1) Submitted: December 12, 2013 Decided: December 19, 2013 Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. J. Robert Haley, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Michael Rhett DeHart, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Otis Kelly pleaded guilty to passing currency, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472 (2012). counterfeit The district court sentenced Kelly to three years of probation in March 2011. Kelly subsequently pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his probation and the district court sentenced Kelly to twelve months and one day of imprisonment, with no period of supervised release to follow. Kelly now appeals. Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), questioning reasonable. whether the revocation sentence is Kelly was informed of his right to file a pro se supplemental brief, but he has not done so. Finding no error, we affirm. Counsel questions whether the sentence is reasonable. Upon finding a probation violation, the district court may revoke probation and resentence the defendant to any sentence within the statutory maximum for the original offense. 18 U.S.C. § 3565(a) (2006); United States v. Schaefer, 120 F.3d 505, 507 (4th Cir. 1997). [W]e review probation revocation sentences, release like supervised revocation determine if they are plainly unreasonable. Moulden, 478 F.3d 652, 656 (4th Cir. 2007). sentence for unreasonableness, sentences, to United States v. We first assess the follow[ing] generally the procedural and substantive considerations that we employ in our 2 review of original sentences. United States v. Crudup, 461 F.3d 433, 438 (4th Cir. 2006). Only if we determine that a sentence is procedurally or substantively unreasonable will we decide whether the sentence is plainly unreasonable. Although a district court must consider Id. the policy statements in Chapter Seven of the sentencing guidelines along with the statutory requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2006), the court ultimately has broad discretion to revoke its previous sentence and impose a term of imprisonment up to the statutory maximum. Crudup, 461 F.3d at 439 (quoting United States v. Lewis, 424 F.3d 239, 244 (2d Cir. 2005)) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Moulden, 478 F.3d at 656-57. In addition, [t]he court must provide a statement of reasons for the sentence imposed, as with the typical sentencing procedure, but this statement need not be as specific as has been required for original sentences. 657 (quoting Crudup, 461 F.3d at Moulden, 478 F.3d at 438). We have thoroughly reviewed the record and conclude that the sentence imposed is both procedurally and substantively reasonable; it follows, therefore, that the sentence is not plainly unreasonable. We have examined the entire record in accordance with the requirements of Anders and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. court. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district This court requires that 3 counsel inform Kelly, in writing, of the right to petition United States for further review. the Supreme Court of the If Kelly requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel s motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Kelly. We dispense with oral contentions argument adequately because presented in the the facts and materials legal before the court are and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 4
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