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Parties Involved:
Brandon Deverell
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Northern District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 08-1164

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Brandon Deverell, * Northern District of Iowa.

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Appellant. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: May 21, 2008

Filed: June 16, 2008

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Before WOLLMAN, RILEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After revoking Brandon Deverell’s supervised release, the district court1

sentenced him to 12 months in prison and 18 months of supervised release. Deverell

appeals, arguing that the additional supervised-release term renders his sentence

unreasonable because the prison term was adequate punishment for the violations, and

the record failed to indicate the additional supervised release would accomplish

anything.

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We conclude that the district court’s addition of an 18-month term of supervised

release to Deverell’s 12-month prison term did not render his revocation sentence

unreasonable. The court, upon revoking Deverell’s supervised release, had the

authority to sentence him to a term of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised

release. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e), (h). Although the court noted Deverell’s previous

failures while on supervision, the court properly considered all applicable factors set

forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) in deciding what revocation sentence to ultimately

impose. See United States v. Nelson, 453 F.3d 1004, 1006 (8th Cir. 2006) (appellate

court reviews revocation sentence to determine whether it is unreasonable in relation

to, inter alia, § 3553(a) factors and advisory Guidelines range). Finally, both the

prison term and the supervised-release term are within the applicable statutory

maximums. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559(a)(3) (felony is Class C if maximum prison term

is less than 25 years but 10 or more years), 3583(b)(2) (for Class C felony, maximum

supervised release term is 3 years), 3583(e)(3) (for Class C felony, maximum prison

term upon revocation of supervised release is 2 years), 3583(h) (supervised release

component of revocation sentence “shall not exceed the term of supervised release

authorized by statute for the offense that resulted in the original term of supervised

release, less any term of imprisonment that was imposed upon revocation of

supervised release”).

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

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