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Parties Involved:
Tommy Wayne Hallmark
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-11232

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

TOMMY WAYNE HALLMARK,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CR-78-10

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Tommy Wayne Hallmark appeals the sentence imposed following his 

guilty plea conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 

grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. At 

sentencing, the district court found, in accord with the presentence report 

(PSR) and its addenda, that Hallmark’s offense involved 2.9 kilograms of 

methamphetamine, resulting in a base offense level of 32. Hallmark argues 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

August 26, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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that the district court reversibly erred in this finding. He contends that the 

drug-quantity information in the PSR is unreliable because it is based on his 

codefendants’ uncorroborated statements.

The probation officer who prepared Hallmark’s PSR obtained the 

information reported therein by reviewing investigative materials prepared by 

DEA agents and other officers who were involved in the case and by

interviewing a DEA agent who corroborated the information. “We have 

previously held that the district court may properly find sufficient reliability 

on a presentence investigation report which is based on the results of a police 

investigation.” United States v. Fuentes, 775 F.3d 213, 220 (5th Cir. 2014) 

(internal citation and quotation marks omitted). As Hallmark presented no 

evidence to rebut the information in the PSR, “the district court was free to 

adopt the PSR’s findings without further inquiry or explanation.” Id. (internal 

citation and quotation marks omitted).

AFFIRMED.

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