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Parties Involved:
Todd Allen Tuttle
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit 

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No. 19-3459

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Todd Allen Tuttle

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls

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Submitted: April 27, 2020

Filed: April 30, 2020 

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Todd Tuttle appeals a within-Guidelines-range sentence of 10 months in 

prison for violating the conditions of supervised release. He challenges both the

decision to revoke supervised release and the substantive reasonableness of the 

resulting sentence. His attorney also seeks permission to withdraw.

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We conclude that the district court1 did not abuse its discretion when it 

revoked supervised release. See United States v. Edwards, 400 F.3d 591, 592 (8th 

Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (holding that there was no abuse of discretion when the

defendant admitted to violating a supervised-release condition). Nor is Tuttle’s 

sentence substantively unreasonable. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 

(8th Cir. 2009) (applying an abuse-of-discretion standard); United States v. Perkins, 

526 F.3d 1107, 1110 (8th Cir. 2008) (stating that a within-Guidelines-range sentence 

is presumptively reasonable). The record establishes that the district court 

sufficiently considered the statutory sentencing factors, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a), 

3583(e)(3), and did not rely on an improper factor or commit a clear error of 

judgment. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923–24 (8th Cir. 2006). 

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment and grant counsel permission to withdraw.

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The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the 

District of South Dakota.

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