Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Stephen SOLESBEE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-08
Citations: 157 F. App'x 698
Docket Number: No. 02-10829
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Stephen SOLESBEE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 157
Pages: 698–699

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Stephen SOLESBEE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-10829.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 8, 2005.
Kirby A. Heller, U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gary Alan Udashen, Robert N. Udashen, Sorrels & Udashen, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
This court affirmed the sentence of William Stephen Solesbee. See United States v. Solesbee, 94 Fed. Appx. 207 (5th Cir. 2004) (per curiam). The Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). This court requested and received supplemental letter briefs addressing the impact of Booker.
Solesbee argues that the district court erroneously based his sentence on facts that were neither admitted by him nor found by the jury. He concedes that review is for plain error only due to his failure to raise an appropriate objection in the district court.
To establish plain error, Solesbee must show that there is error, that it is clear, and that it affects both his substantial rights and the integrity of the proceedings. See United States v. Valenzuela-Quevedo, 407 F.3d 728, 732-33 (5th Cir.2005), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 267, — L.Ed.2d —, 2005 WL 1811485 (Oct. 3, 2005) (No. 05-5556). Solesbee has met the first and second prongs of this test because the district court based his sentence upon facts that were neither admitted by him nor found by the jury. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 521 (5th Cir.2005) cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 43, — L.Ed.2d —, 2005 WL 816208 (Oct. 03, 2005) (No. 04-9517). Nevertheless, Solesbee is not entitled to relief, as the record does not show that he likely would have received a more lenient sentence if the district court had acted under an advisory sentencing scheme. See Mares, 402 F.3d at 521. Solesbee thus has not established that this error affected his substantial rights. See id.
The judgment of conviction is AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART for the reasons stated in our initial opinion. The judgment of sentence is AFFIRMED for the reasons given in this opinion on remand.
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 5 th Cir. R. 47.5.4.