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Parties Involved:
Desmond A.E. Jackson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3917

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Desmond A.E. Jackson, * 

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: September 23, 2005

Filed: October 12, 2005 

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Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Desmond Jackson pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit interstate

transportation and sale of a stolen vehicle, a Class D felony, and was sentenced to 12

months and 1 day in prison and 3 years supervised release. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 371,

3559(a)(4). While Jackson was serving his supervised release, he admitted violating

several of his release conditions. The district court1

 revoked supervised release and

imposed a revocation sentence of 16 months imprisonment without further supervised

release. The court recognized the Guidelines Chapter 7 recommended revocation

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To the extent Jackson intended to raise an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel

claim in his pro se brief, his claim is not properly before us. See United States v.

Hughes, 330 F.3d 1068, 1069 (8th Cir. 2003).

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range of 4-10 months imprisonment, but commented on the need to impose a greater

sentence in order to deter further criminal conduct given Jackson’s personal

circumstances, criminal history and numerous violations, and in order to protect the

public. Jackson appeals this sentence, complaining that it is above the recommended

Guidelines revocation range.

We reject this argument. The Chapter 7 Guidelines range is nonbinding, the

prison term is within authorized limits, and the district court considered appropriate

factors in imposing the revocation sentence. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) (authorizing

up to 2 years imprisonment upon revocation of supervised release where original

offense was Class D felony); United States v. Touche, 323 F.3d 1105, 1107 (8th Cir.

2003). We conclude that Jackson’s sentence is not unreasonable. See United States

v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825-26 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (standard of review).2

Accordingly, we affirm, and we also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. 

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