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Parties Involved:
Drew Brockevelt
Appellant
United States
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1359

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United States, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Nebraska.

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Drew Brockevelt, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: December 28, 2007

Filed: January 10, 2008 (Corrected: 01/11/2008)

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Drew Brockevelt challenges the reasonableness of the 27-month prison

sentence the district court imposed after he pleaded guilty to charges of (1) possessing

materials, shipped or transported in interstate commerce, which contained visual

depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§ 2252(a)(4)(B); and (2) criminal forfeiture of a computer and other property involved

in the commission of the offense, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2253. For reversal,

Brockevelt argues the district court improperly applied a presumption of

reasonableness to his advisory Guidelines imprisonment range, contrary to the

principles in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), as further explained in

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Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456, 2465 (2007), which was issued after

Brockevelt’s sentencing hearing.

Because it is unclear from the record whether or not the district court applied

a presumption of reasonableness to Brockevelt’s correctly calculated advisory

Guidelines imprisonment range, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing

in light of Rita, 127 S. Ct. at 2465 (presumption of reasonableness accorded to

sentences reflecting proper applications of Guidelines applies only on appellate

review, not at sentencing). See United States v. Burns, 500 F.3d 756, 761 n.1 (8th Cir.

2007) (en banc) (following Rita, presumption of reasonableness exists only at

appellate level), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. Nov. 20, 2007) (No. 07-7805).

Brockevelt’s sentence is vacated, and the case is remanded for resentencing in

accordance with this opinion.

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