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a s hi oni ng the s e nt e nc e s , f a i l e d t o c ons i de rthe s e nt e nc i ng f a c to r s s e t o u t in 1 8 U .S .C . § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) . S e c tio n 3 5 5 3 ( a ) ’s f

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f o r d a d e q u a te d e te rr e n c e to c r im in a l c o n d u c t; ( C ) to p r o te c t th e p u b lic f r o m f u r th e rc r im e s o f

th e d e f e n d a n t. 1 8 U .S .C . § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ,( B ) ,( C ) . T h e tr a n s c r ip t o f

th e s e n te n c in g h e a r in g r e f le c ts th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u r t d u ly consi dere d the § 3 55 3(a) fa ct ors, i n p art i cul ar , fa ct ors ( A ), (B ), and (C ). O f gre at s i gni f i c a nc e t o the c ourtw a s appe l l a nt ’ s l e ngthy c r i m i na l r e c or d. I tappe a r e d t o the c our ttha tappe l l a nt ’ s pr e vi ous c onvi c t i ons a nd the s e nt e nc e s he ha d s e rve d ha d not changed h i s behavi or on e w hi t– they had no tdet erre d h i s penchantfor c ri m i nal b e h a v io r . T h e c o u rt th e r e f o r e a n n o u n c e d th a t im p r is o n m e n t w a s n e c e s s a ry b o th to pr ot e c tthe publ i c f

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f a c to r s ( B ) a n d ( C ) , it is o b v io u s to u s th a t it h a d th o s e f a c to r s in m in d in fa shi on i ng appel l ant ’ s s ent ence package. Iti s a l so ob vi ou s thatthe court c ons i de r e d the s e nt e nc i ng ne e d e xpr e s s e d i n f a c t or( A ) , e s pe c i a l l y the ne e d f orthe s e n t e n c e p a c k a g e t o p r o m o t e r e s p e c tf o rth e l a w. A pp el l ant ’ s s ent ence s are AF F I RME D.