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Parties Involved:
John A. Jetter
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2118

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United States of America, *

*

Plaintiff - Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Southern

* District of Iowa.

John A. Jetter, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Defendant - Appellant. *

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Submitted: April 9, 2007

Filed: April 17, 2007

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Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

John Jetter appeals the 54 month sentence imposed by the district court1

 upon

revocation of his supervised release. We affirm.

Jetter originally pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, in violation

of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (a Class A felony). Because of his substantial assistance to the

government the district court departed from a mandatory life term of imprisonment

and sentenced him in February 1998 to 132 months in prison and 10 years of

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supervised release. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) (minimum life term if two or more

prior convictions for felony drug offense); 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a)(1) (offense

classification). Jetter began serving his initial term of supervised release in July 2004.

It was revoked in December 2004, and the district court thereafter imposed a sentence

of 6 months in prison and 115 months of supervised release. He began serving that

term of supervised release in June 2005, and in December 2005 he was arrested in

connection with domestic abuse. At his revocation hearing Jetter admitted violating

two of the conditions of his supervised release by using drugs and possessing a device

designed to subvert drug testing, and the district court found he had also committed

domestic assault in violation of a third condition. The court revoked his supervised

release, and although the recommended guideline range was 5 to 11 months, the court

sentenced Jetter to 54 months, the maximum sentence permitted in light of the 6

months served on his earlier revocation. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) (5 year

maximum revocation sentence if underlying offense was Class A felony). Jetter

argues that his sentence was unreasonable.

The sentence was within the statutory limits and was based upon the district

court’s consideration of Jetter's history on supervised release and other appropriate

factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). See United States v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825

(8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (revocation sentences are reviewed for unreasonableness

in accordance with United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)). We conclude that

the 54 month revocation sentence was not unreasonable and therefore not an abuse of

discretion. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 922-24 (8th Cir. 2006) (60

month sentence no abuse of discretion with multiple violations and 5-11 month

recommendation; court must consider all relevant § 3553(a) factors but need not make

specific findings on each).

Accordingly, we affirm.

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