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Parties Involved:
Lennell Dyches
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-4507

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

LENNELL DYCHES,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Anderson. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Chief

District Judge. (8:06-cr-00136)

Submitted: November 30, 2007 Decided: December 18, 2007

Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Allen B. Burnside, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Columbia,

South Carolina, for Appellant. Reginald I. Lloyd, United States

Attorney, E. Jean Howard, Assistant United States Attorney,

Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Pursuant to a written plea agreement, Lennell Dyches pled

guilty to five counts of armed bank robbery, in violation of 18

U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and (d) (2000), and two counts of using and

carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence,

in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) (2000). Dyches was

sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment for each bank robbery

offense, to run concurrently, and 84 months and 300 months’

imprisonment, respectively, for the firearms convictions, to run

consecutively. Finding no error, we affirm.

Dyches contends that his sentence is unreasonable because

the district court should have granted his motion for a variance in

the guidelines range based on his medical history of hypothyroidism

and depression. However, the district court appropriately

calculated the advisory guideline range and considered it in

conjunction with other relevant factors under the Guidelines and 18

U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2000). See United States v. Moreland, 437 F.3d

424, 432-33 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 2054 (2006).

Dyches’ medical history does not rise to the level required for an

exception to the general principle that “mental and emotional

conditions are not ordinarily relevant in determining whether a

sentence should be outside the applicable guideline range.”

U.S.S.G. § 5H1.3; see also United States v. Withers, 100 F.3d 1142,

1147-48 (4th Cir. 1996). Dyches’ sentence, which is within the

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applicable guidelines range and the statutory maximum for each

offense, is therefore reasonable. See United States v. Green, 436

F.3d 449, 457 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 2309 (2006); see

also Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456, 2462-65 (2007).

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before the court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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