# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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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 M is so ur i - C ap e Gir ard eau

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Su bm it te d: Decem

be r 12 , 20 16 Fil ed : M arch 21 , 20 17 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re RI LEY, Chi ef J ud ge , W OLLMAN and SMITH, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.

The Hon or ab le W il li am Ja y Ri le y st ep pe d do wn as Ch ie f Ju dg e of th e Uni te d 1 St at es Co ur t of App eal s fo r th e Eig ht h Ci rcu it at th e cl os e of bu si ne ss on Mar ch 10
, 20 17 . He has be en su ccee de d b y th e Hon or ab le Lave ns ki R. Sm it h.Thu rm an W ad e was se nt en ced to 15 1 m on th s’ im pr is on m en t fo ll owe d by two
y ears of su pe rv is ed rel eas e fo r ba nk ro bb ery. W hi le on su pe r v is ed rel eas e, W ad e vi ol at ed a sp eci al co nd it io n of t h e r e l eas e. At hi s rev oc at io n he ari ng an d in hi s

se nt en ci ng m em or an du m , W ad e as ke d th e di st ric t cou rt to co ns id er th e du rat io n of 2
hi s in it ia l im

pr is on m en t as a m it ig at in g fact or in d e t e r m in in g hi s pu ni sh m en t fo r vi ol at in g th e sp eci al co nd it io n. W ad e arg ue d th at he se rv ed a “ ph en om en al ly lo ng er
pe rio d of ti m e” f

o r hi s or ig in al se nt en ce (1 51 m on th s) th an he wou ld ha ve se rv ed

un de r cu rren t la w (4 6– 57 m on th s) be cau se hi s cri m in al hi st o r y cat eg or y wou ld be lo wer un de r cu rren t la w. The refo re, W ad e as ke d th e di s t r i c t co ur t to “ ex erci se it s di sc ret io n in li gh t of the un jus tl y ov erl on g se nt en ce he ha d serv ed an d all ow hi m to

res ta rt hi s su pe rv is ed rel eas e” rat he r th an im po si ng a se nt en ce wit hi n th e Gui de li ne s

ran ge of 8 –1 4 m on th s’ im pr is on m en t.

The di st ric t co ur t se nt en ced W ad e t o e i g h t m on th s’ im pr is on m en t, to be fo ll owe d by two y ears of su pe rv is ed rel eas e. The co ur t no te d th at it “ co ns id ered th e
gu id el in e ran ge as well as al l th e f a c t o r s of Sect io n 35 53 (a), de fen se co un se l’s

m em or an du m on di sp os it io n of su pe rv is ed rel eas e vi ol at io n, an d th e st at em en ts of de fen se co un se l an d t he Gov ern m en t an d t he Defen da nt .”

W ad e ap pe al s, arg ui ng th at rem an d is ap pr op ria te be cau se the dis tr ic t co ur t was

un aware of it s po wer to co ns id er th e du rat io n of W ad e’s im pr is on m en t as a m it ig at in g fact or . W e aff

irm.

I. Dis cu ss io n

“ W e rev ie w t he di st ric t c o u r t ’s ap pl ic at io n of th e Gui de li ne s de no vo an d it s fact ua l fin di ng s fo r cl ear erro r. W e rev ie w th e ul ti m at e se nt en ce fo r reas on ab le ne ss , whi ch is ak in to th e ab us e-o f-d is cret io n st an da rd

. A sen te nc e wit hi n t he Gui de li ne s

The Hon or ab le Ro nn ie L. W hi te , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e East ern 2 Dis tri ct of M is so ur i.

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-ran ge is pr es um pt i v e l y reas on ab le .” Uni te d St at es v. W at so n , 48 0 F.3 d 11 75 , 11 76 –7 7 (8 th Cir . 20 07 ) (ci ta ti on s o m it te d)

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W ad e arg ue s th at th e di st ric t co ur t erre d by de cl in in g to ex erci se it s di sc ret io n
to co ns id er th e du rat io n of hi s in it ia l im pr i s on m en t as a m it ig at in g fact or in de te r mi n i n g hi s rev oc at io n se nt en ce. “ W he n a di st ric t co ur t do es no t co ns id er an
arg um en t be cau se it is un aware of it s po w e r to do so , . . . a rem an d is ap pr op ria te .”
Uni te d St at e s v

. Ro b er

so n , 51 7 F.3 d 99 0, 99 5 (8 th Ci r. 20 08 ). Howev er, “ whe n a di st ric t co ur t is aware of it s di sc ret io n to de pa rt do wnwar d an d el ect s no t to ex erci se th is di sc ret io n, t he n t ha t d eci si on is un rev ie wab le .” W at so n , 48 0 F .3d at 1 17 7.

W ad e id en ti fie s no ev id en ce ind ic at in g th at th e d is tri ct co ur t was un aware of it s po wer to co ns id er W ad e’s arg um en t. To th e co nt rary, th e reco rd sh ows th at no t

on ly was th e di st ric t co ur t aware of it s po wer to co ns id er W ad e’s arg um en t, bu t al so th at t h e d i s tri ct co ur t di d co ns id er th e arg um en t. The di st ric t co ur t ex pr es sl y st at ed th at i t “co ns id ered th e gu id el in e ran ge as well as al l th e fact or s of Sect io n 35 53 (a), de fe ns e co un se l’s memor an du m on di sp os it io n of su pe rv is ed re le as e vi ol at io n , and th e st at emen ts of

de fe ns e co un se l an d the G ove rn m en t and th e Defe nd an t .” (Em ph as is ad de d.)

Thu s, th e co ur t co ns id ered W ad e’s pr op os ed mi ti ga ti ng fact or s an d,

no ne th el es s, im

po se d a se nt en ce th at it be li ev ed to be su ffi ci en t bu t no t gr eat er th an

ne ces sa ry “ [b ]ased up on th e na tu re of th e vi ol at io n s

. ” W e di sc ern no erro r. Se e W at so n , 48 0 F .3d at 1 17 7; Rob er so n , 51 7 F .3d at 9 95

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II. Co nc lu si on Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm

th e jud gm en t o f th e d is tri ct co ur t.

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