Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darnell MURRY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-07
Citations: 207 F. App'x 690
Docket Number: No. 05-2497
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darnell MURRY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 207
Pages: 690–691

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darnell MURRY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-2497.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted July 20, 2006.
Decided Dec. 7, 2006.
Daniel E. May, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Abner J. Mikva, University of Chicago Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, Chicago, IL, Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
This case is on appeal from a limited remand from our court pursuant to United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471, 483-84 (7th Cir.2005). The district court has now determined that it would impose the same sentence if we were to vacate the judgment and remand for re-sentencing even in light of the advisory nature of the Guidelines. We must therefore determine whether the sentence is reasonable. If it is, then any Sixth Amendment violation in the sentencing process did not affect Murry's substantial rights and thus did not constitute plain error.
Murry's sentence is within the Guideline range, and therefore we must presume that the sentence is reasonable. United States v. Mykytiuk, 415 F.3d 606, 608 (7th Cir.2005). A defendant may rebut that presumption by demonstrating that his sentence is unreasonable in light of the factors identified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). The parties have had the op portunity to file arguments concerning the appropriate disposition of the appeal in light of the district court's decision. Murry asserts that the district court on remand failed to consider his argument for a reduced sentence pursuant to the § 3553(a) factors, which was that the district court had found the Government's evidence of loss unreliable in the restitution context and therefore should not credit it in determining the loss under the Guidelines.
This argument has been rejected numerous times, in both the district court and in this court. In the prior appeal to this court, we agreed with the district court that the loss calculation under the Guidelines was not implicated by the district court's concerns with the government's calculation of restitution, and that the remand for recalculation of restitution did not call into question the loss calculation. Both this court and the district court made it clear that the loss calculation is distinct from, and broader than, that of restitution, and therefore evidence not relevant for restitution may nonetheless be relevant in determining loss under the Guidelines. Murry attempts to resurrect that argument under the guise of the § 3553(a) factors, but that is not the proper place for a challenge to the Guidelines loss calculations. He did not challenge that Guidelines range at the initial sentencing, and it is the proper starting point for the court's sentencing determination. Murry has failed to identify any § 3553(a) factors that were not properly considered by the district court on remand, and we have no basis upon which to find that the sentence was unreasonable. Accordingly, we affirm the sentence.