Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joshua BELL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-01
Citations: 397 F. App'x 42
Docket Number: No. 09-51094
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joshua BELL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 397
Pages: 42–43

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joshua BELL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-51094
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 1, 2010.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Evers Jason Leach, Law Office of E. Jason Leach, Odessa, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Joshua Bell pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting attempted bank robbery (Count 1), conspiracy to commit bank robbery (Count 2), and aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during a crime of violence (Count 3). Bell was sentenced within the applicable guidelines ranges to 71 months of imprisonment on Count 1 and 60 months of imprisonment on Count 2, to run concurrently. As to Count 3, Bell was sentenced above the guidelines range to 20 years of imprisonment, to be served consecutively to counts 1 and 2. Bell also was sentenced to five years of supervised release on Counts 1 and 3 and three years of supervised release on Count 2, to be served concurrently. Additionally, Bell was sentenced to pay $30,154.63 in restitution.
Bell argues that the district court abused its discretion by imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence. He argues that the district court's reasons were not sufficient to support its 10-year deviation from the guidelines range on Count 3 and that the district court's reasons for the variance already were reflected in the substantial guidelines enhancements that the district court imposed. However, the district court had the discretion to select an above-guidelines sentence, and it discussed in great detail how the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors were implicated in reaching Bell's sentence and why a deviation from the guidelines sentence was appropriate. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 50-51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). Accordingly, Bell has not shown that the district court's variance from the sentencing guidelines range was an abuse of discretion. See id.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cm. R. 47.5.4.