Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yosvany Jesus CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-09-07
Citations: 147 F. App'x 896
Docket Number: No. 04-11132; D.C. Docket No. 03-00198-CR-ORL-22-KRS
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yosvany Jesus CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BIRCH, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 147
Pages: 896–898

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yosvany Jesus CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-11132
Non-Argument Calendar.
D.C. Docket No. 03-00198-CR-ORL-22-KRS.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 7, 2005.
Peter Warren Kenny, Federal Public Defender’s Office, R. Fletcher Peacock, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Karin B. Hoppmann, Tamra Phipps, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BIRCH, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM.
This appeal of Yosvany Jesus Castro regarding the propriety of his conviction and sentence for robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence is on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States for further consideration in the light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). See Castro v. United States, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 1986, 161 L.Ed.2d 846 (2005). We previously affirmed Castro's conviction. United States v. Castro, 125 Fed.Appx. 981 (11th Cir.2004). After reconsideration, we affirm Castro's sentence, reinstate our previous opinion with the exception of Part III.D., and replace Part III.D. with the following discussion.
Castro did not object during his sentencing hearing to the mandatory application by the district court of the Sentencing Guidelines. Our review, therefore, is limited to plain error. United States v. Duncan, 400 F.3d 1297, 1301 (11th Cir.2005). 'We have discretion to correct an error under the plain error standard where (1) an error occurred, (2) the error was plain, (3) the error affected substantial rights, and (4) the error seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings." Id. The district court "applied the Guidelines as if they were mandatory, and that constitutes error which is clearly contrary to the law at the time of appeal after Booker." Id. at 1304 (internal quotations omitted). Castro, however, "cannot meet the third prong of plain error review because he cannot show that this error affected his substantial rights." Id.
Castro "bears the burden of persuasion with respect to prejudice." Id. To meet this burden, Castro must show "a reasonable probability of a different result if the guidelines had been applied in an advisory instead of binding fashion." Id. The district court sentenced Castro at the low end of the Guideline range. Such a sentence, however, "establishes only that the court felt that sentence was appropriate under the mandatory guidelines system. It does not establish a reasonable probability that the court would have imposed a lesser sentence under an advisory regime." United States v. Fields, 408 F.3d 1356, 1361 (11th Cir.2005). Castro also quotes statements by the district court that it considered the Guidelines binding. These statements show that the district court erred by applying the Guidelines as mandatory, but they do not establish a reasonable probability that the district court would have imposed a different sentence if it applied the Guidelines as advisory. Castro, therefore, "cannot meet his burden." Duncan, 400 F.3d at 1304.
After reconsideration, we again affirm.
OPINION REINSTATED IN PART; AFFIRMED.