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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Eas te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s - Li tt le Ro ck

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__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re WOL LMAN, BOW MAN, an d M URPHY, Ci rcu itJu dg es

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Je ss ie Ro bi ns on ap pe al s aft er im po si ti on of se nt en ce by th e di st ric t co ur t up on 1 hi s gu il ty pl ea to a dr

ug co ns pi racy ch arg e. Co un se l ha s m ov ed to wit hd raw, an d in

The Hon or ab le Bri an S. Mi ll er, Ch ie f Ju dg e, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r 1 th e Eas te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.a br ie f fil ed u n d e r And ers v. Cal ifo rn ia , 38 6 U.S. 73 8 (1 96 7) , he arg ue s th at th e

se nt en ce, whi ch rep res en ts a va ria nc e ab ov e th e cal cu la te d Gui de li ne s ran ge , is

un reas on ab le

. In a su pp le m en ta l b r i e f, Ro bi ns on arg ue s th at th e co ur t ab us ed it s di sc re t i o n by va ry in g up ward wit ho ut ex pl an at io n, an d wit ho ut di sc us si ng th e 18 U.S.C. § 3 55 3( a) s en te nc in g fa ct or s.

Afte r care fu l rev ie w, se e Uni te d St at es v. Feem st er, 57 2 F.3 d 45 5, 46 1 (8 th Ci r. 20 02 ) (en ba nc ) (ap pe ll at e rev ie w of se nt en ci ng de ci si on ), we co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t co m

m it te d no pr oc ed ur al erro r, an d th at th e se nt en ce is no t su bs ta nt iv el y

un reas on ab le

. The co ur t en te rta in ed writ te n an d or al arg um en ts --an d en ga ge d in an in te ract iv e di sc us si on wit h co un se l, an d wit h Ro bi ns on --o n an ap pr op ria te se nt en ce. The co ur t em

ph as iz ed th e ne ed to pr ot ect th e pu bl ic fro m Ro bi ns on ’s fu tu re cri m es , an d to de te r hi m fro m fu rth er cri m in al ac t i v i t y. Th e co ur t no te d th at Ro bi ns on ’s be ha vi or was in co ns is te nt wit h hi s pr of es se d de si re to be pr od uc ti ve an d care fo r hi s

so n; an d th e co ur t ex pr es se d gr eat co nc ern ov er Ro bi ns on ’s hi st or y of irr es po ns ib le

an d vi ol en t be ha vi or , an d hi s reci di vi sm

. W e co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t pr ov id ed

a de ta il ed , care fu l, an d reas on ed ex pl an at io n fo r th e up ward va ria nc e, rel y in g on rel ev an t fact or s un de r se ct io n 35 53 (a). See 18 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a); Uni te d St at es v. Jo rd an , 5 7 3 F.3 d 58 6, 59 0 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ) (p er cu ria m ) (wh ere co ur t m ak es in di vi du al iz ed as se ss m ent ba se d on fact s pr es en te d, ad dr es si ng de fen da nt ’s pr of fere d in fo rm at io n in co ns id erat io n of § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) fact or s, se nt en ce is no t un reas on ab le ); Feem st er, 57 2 F.3 d a t 4 6 1- 62 (ap pe al s co ur t ta ke s in to acco un t to ta li ty of ci rcu m st an ces , an d co ns id ers ex t e n t o f d e vi at io n, bu t m us t gi ve du e de fere nc e to di st ric t co ur t’s de ci si on th at § 35 53 (a) fact or s as a who le jus ti fy ex te nt of va ria nc e).

Hav in g in de pe nd en tl y rev ie wed th e reco rd in acco rd an ce wit h Pen so n v. Ohi o, 48 8 U.S. 75 , 80 (1 98 8) , we fin d no no nf riv ol ou s is su es

. Acco r d i n g l y, w e gr an t

co un se l’s m ot io n to wit hd raw an d de ny th e m ot io ns fo r ap po in tm en t of ne w co un se l. The jud gm en t i s af

fir m ed

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