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Parties Involved:
Justin D. Bales
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3430

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Justin D. Bales, also known as Chad *

Harrington, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: July 21, 2005

Filed: July 26, 2005

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Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Justin Bales pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, see

18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and was sentenced to 33 months in prison and 3 years supervised

release, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(a)(2) (10-year maximum prison term), 3559(a)(3)

(Class C felony), 3583(b)(2) (3-year maximum supervised release term for Class C

felony). The district court1

 later revoked supervised release upon Mr. Bales’s

admission of a violation, and imposed a new sentence of 10 months imprisonment and

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2 years supervised release, finding that Mr. Bales’s youth and criminal history

indicated a need for further supervision and community protection. Mr. Bales appeals

this sentence.

We note that both the prison term and the supervised release term were within

authorized limits, and that 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 C felony), 3583(h) (authorizing new period of supervised release not to

exceed maximum term of supervised release for original offense, less any prison time

imposed upon revocation of supervised release). We conclude that Mr. Bales’s

sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Tyson, No. 03-4038, 2005 WL

1618785, at *1 (8th Cir. Jul. 12, 2005) (standard of review). 

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

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