Opinion ID: 168755
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Heading: Reasonableness of Original Sentence

Text: 23 Ms. Medley also contends that the district court did not follow our mandate that she be resentenced in light of Booker, because 18 U.S.C. § 3553, as construed by Booker, required the court to explain why the prior, vacated sentence was not reasonable. (She does not contend that her new sentence is itself unreasonable.) We review this contention de novo. See United States v. Acosta-Olivas, 71 F.3d 375, 377 (10th Cir.1995) (district court's interpretation of a statute or the Guidelines is reviewed de novo). 24 We discern no error. Our mandate after the first appeal directed the district court to resentence her in light of Booker, which made the Guidelines advisory, thereby giving the judge discretion in imposing sentence. See Medley, 130 Fed.Appx. at 252. As we have recently explained, there may be a substantial range of reasonable sentences for a defendant. See United States v. Begay, 470 F.3d 964, 975 (10th Cir.2006). The sentencing court can properly select any term within that range and need not explain why it did not choose another reasonable sentence.