Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin H. MCCALLUM, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-09-30
Citations: 150 F. App'x 938
Docket Number: No. 05-10690; D.C. Docket No. 04-80114-CR-DMM
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin H. MCCALLUM, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 150
Pages: 938–939

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin H. MCCALLUM, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-10690
Non-Argument Calendar.
D.C. Docket No. 04-80114-CR-DMM.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 30, 2005.
David Lee Brannon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, West Palm Beach, FL, Kathleen M. Williams, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Benjamin H. McCallum was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment for bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). On appeal, McCallum contends that the district court committed clear error under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), by sentencing him under the mandatory scheme of the sentencing guidelines.
Notwithstanding his assertions to the contrary, McCallum faded to preserve his Booker claim for appeal. The record indicates that the district court solicited objections to the sentence imposed and that McCallum stated that he did not have any objections. Furthermore, during the plea hearing, the court recognized there was "a lot of uncertainty" concerning the constitutionality of the sentencing guidelines. The court asked McCallum whether his attorney had tried to explain the circumstances to him and McCallum replied that he had. Despite virtually being prompted, McCallum did not object to the constitutionality of his guideline sentence. Instead, seven days later he filed a Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(a) motion to correct sentence. McCallum now contends that his Rule 35(a) motion preserved the error for appeal and that he is entitled to re-sentencing. Rule 35(a) motions are reserved for "arithmetical, technical, or other clear error." See Fed. R.Crim.P. 35(a). Since Booker error does not fall into any of these categories, McCallum's claim was not preserved.
McCallum does not contend that he is entitled to re-sentencing under the plain error standard that actually applies to cases of unpreserved error, such as this one, see United States v. Rodriguez, 398 F.3d 1291, 1298 (11th Cir.2005), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 2935, 162 L.Ed.2d 866 (2005), and we can understand the absence of this argument. McCallum cannot meet the third prong of the plain error standard, because he cannot show a reasonable probability of a different result if he had been sentenced under an advisory regime. See id. at 1299-1300. In any event, McCallum does not argue that. For these reasons, we affirm his sentence.
AFFIRMED.