Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-02 15:01:21.225488+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                              For the Eighth Circuit
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                                  No. 23-1408
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                              United States of America

                                        Plaintiff - Appellee

                                          v.

                             Altedias Maurice Campbell

                                      Defendant - Appellant
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                      Appeal from United States District Court
                     for the Northern District of Iowa - Eastern
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                           Submitted: September 18, 2023
                             Filed: November 2, 2023
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       After finding that Altedias Campbell violated the conditions of supervised
release by assaulting his girlfriend, the district court1 sent him back to prison for 14

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        The Honorable Linda R. Reade, United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Iowa.
months. Although he argues there was no violation and that his sentence is too long,
we affirm.

        First, sufficient evidence supported the finding that Campbell assaulted his
girlfriend. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). The victim herself testified—credibly, in
the district court’s view—about the who, when, where, why, and how of the attack.
A credibility determination like this one “is quintessentially a judgment call and
virtually unassailable on appeal.” United States v. Cates, 613 F.3d 856, 858 (8th
Cir. 2010) (citation omitted). So relying on her account, along with photographs of
her injuries, was not clearly erroneous. See United States v. Sistrunk, 612 F.3d 988,
991 (8th Cir. 2010) (explaining that we will reverse only if we are left with a
“definite and firm conviction” that the district court made a mistake (citation
omitted)).

       Second, to the extent Campbell challenges the sentence itself, we conclude it
is substantively reasonable. See United States v. Perkins, 526 F.3d 1107, 1110 (8th
Cir. 2008) (reviewing the reasonableness of a revocation sentence for an abuse of
discretion). The record establishes that the district court sufficiently considered the
statutory sentencing factors, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a), 3583(c), (e)(3), and did not rely
on an improper factor or commit a clear error of judgment. See United States v.
Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923–24 (8th Cir. 2006). We accordingly affirm the judgment
of the district court.
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