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o rth i n 1 8 U . S. C. § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) ( 2 ) . W e a f f i rm. G on za l ez ar gu es that , “ un der the t ot al i ty of the ci rc um st ance s, ” the se nt ence s the di stri ctcourti m po se d w er e unreas on abl e. H e c on t ends thatthe courtw as confused regar di ng the gu i del i ne se nt ence rang es and st atut ory m andat ory m i ni m um s r el at i ng t o p ow der vers us cr ac k cocai ne. F i nal l y, he cont ends thatthe c o u rt u s e d th e in c o rr e c t le g a l s ta n d a r d in im p o s in g th e s e n te n c e s b yr e q u ir in g h im t o p ro v i d e “ ex trao rd i n ary p ro o f, ” rath er th an “ reaso n ab l e p ro o f, ” t o j u st i fy s e n te n c e s o u ts id e o f

th e g u id e lin e s r a n g e . P r is o n te rm s o f 1 2 0 m o n th s w o u ld re fl ec tthe se ri ou snes s of the offens e, af ford adequat e det erre nce t o cri m i nal c o n d u c t, a n d p r o v id e p r o te c tio n to th e p u b lic . W e r e vi e w the f

i na l s e nt e nc e i m pos e d bythe di s tr i c tc ourtf or r e a s o n ab le n e s s . U n ite d S ta te s v . W in in g e a r , 4 2 2 F .3 d 1 2 4 1 , 1 2 4 5 ( 1 1 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) .3

S pe c i f i c a l l y , the di s tr i c tc ourtm us ti m pos e as e nt e nc e tha ti s both pr oc e dur a l l ya nd s ubs t a nt i ve l yr e a s onabl e . G a l l v. U ni t e d S t a t e s , 552 U . S . ___, 128 S . C t . 586, 597, 169 L . E d. 2d 445 ( 2007) . T he S upr e m e C ourtha s e xpl a i ne d tha tas e nt e nc e m a ybe pr oc e dur a l l yunr e a s onabl e i f the di s tr i c tc ourti m pr ope r l yc a l c ul a t e s the gui de l i ne i m pr i s onm e ntr a nge , tr e a t s the gui de l i ne s a s m a nda t ory , f a i l s t o c ons i de rthe ap p r o p r ia te s ta tu to ryf

a c to r s , b a s e s th e s e n te n c e o n c le a r lye rr o n e o u s f a c ts , o rf a ils a de qua t e l yt o e xpl a i n i t s r e a s oni ng. I d. a t___, 128 S . C t . a t597. T he s ubs t a nt i ve r e a s onabl e ne s s of

as e nt e nc e i s r e vi e w e d unde ra n abus e - of - di s c r e t i on s t a nda r d, w hi ch i nv ol ves i nq ui ri ng w hether the st atut ory f ac t ors i n 1 8 U . S . C . § 3 55 3(a) s u p p o rt th e s e n te n c e in q u e s tio n . I d . In arri vi ng ata r ea sonabl e s ent ence , the di stri ctcourti s r equi re d t o con si der the f a c t or s s e touti n § 3553( a ) : ( 1) the na tur e a nd c i r c um s t a nc e s of the of f e ns e , a nd the hi s t orya nd c ha r a c t e r i s t i c s of the de f e nda nt ; ( 2) the ne e d t o r e f l e c tthe seri o u sn ess o f th e o ffen se, t o p ro m o t e resp ectfo r th e l aw , an d t o p ro v i d e j u st puni s hm e ntf

orthe of f e ns e ; ( 3) the ne e d f

orde t e rr e nc e ; ( 4) the ne e d t o pr ot e c tthe pu bl i c; (5) the need t o p rovi de the defendantw i th n ee ded edu ca t i on al or vo ca t i on al tr a i ni ng orm e di c a l c a r e ; ( 6) the ki nds of s e nt e nc e s a va i l abl e ; ( 7) the S e nt e nc i ng G ui de l i ne s r a nge ; ( 8) pe rt i ne ntpol i c ys t a t e m e nt s of the S e nt e nc i ng C om m i s s i on; ( 9) the ne e d t o a voi d unw a nt e d s e nt e nc i ng di s pa r i t i e s ; a nd ( 10) the ne e d t o pr ovi de4

r e s t i tut i on t o vi c t i m s . U ni t e d S t a t e s v. T a l l e y , 431 F . 3d 784, 786 ( 11th C i r . 2005) ( c itin g 1 8 U .S .C . 3 5 5 3 ( a ) ) . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt n e e d n o t d is c u s s o rs ta te th a t it e x p lic itlyh a s c o n s id e r e de a c h f a c to ro f § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) . T a lle y , 4 3 1 F .3 d a t 7 8 6 . I n s te a d , a n e x p lic it a c k n o w le d g m e n t th a t th e c o u rt h a s c o n s id e r e d th e d e f e n d a n t's a r gum e nt s a nd the § 3553( a ) f a c t or s w i l l s uf

f i c e . U ni t e d S t a t e s v. S c ott , 426 F . 3d 1324, 1329- 30 ( 11th C i r . 2005) ; s e e a l s o R i t av. U ni t e d S t a t e s , 551 U . S . __, 127 S . C t . 24 56 , 24 69 , 16 8 L . E d. 2d 20 3 (20 07 ). I n thi s c a s e , the s e nt e nc e s w e r e notpr oc e dur a l l yunr e a s onabl e be c aus e the d i stri ctco u rtap p l i ed th e co rrectl eg al an al ysi s, en t ert ai n ed th e p art i es’ p r e s e n ta tio n s , a n d c o n s id e r e d G o n z a le z ’s p e r s o n a l h is to rya n d th e f a c to r s s e t o u t in § 3 5 5 3 (a). G o n zal ez' s sen t en ces al so w ere n o tsu b st an t i v el y u n reaso n ab l e b ecau se th e c o u rt im p o s e d b e lo w - g u id e lin e s s e n te n c e s , w h ic h w e r e c o n s is te n t w ith G onz a l e z ’ s pe r s ona l hi s t oryof c oc a i ne a ddi c t i on, c r i m i na l hi s t ory , a nd c urr e nt o f f e n s e . AF F I RME D.