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No. 14-4275
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
William L. Osteen,
Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:13-cr-00256-WO-1)
Submitted:
GREGORY,
Decided:
Circuit
Judges,
and
HAMILTON,
PER CURIAM:
Dante
firearm
violation
by
of
Xavia
Duffy
person
18
pled
guilty
previously
U.S.C.
to
convicted
922(g)(1),
possession
of
924(a)(2)
of
felony,
(2012).
a
in
The
Duffy
We
affirm.
Duffy contends that the sentence imposed was greater
than
necessary
therefore
to
achieve
unreasonable.
the
We
goals
have
of
reviewed
sentencing
the
and
sentence
is
and
51 (2007); United States v. Llamas, 599 F.3d 381, 387 (4th Cir.
2010).
(2012)
characteristics
sentence.
factors
and
in
history,
light
and
of
Duffys
adequately
individual
explained
the
offense conduct and the fact that Duffy committed the instant
offense within five months of release from a lengthy sentence
imposed for a prior felony conviction.
district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing the 84month sentence.
Allen, 491 F.3d 178, 193 (4th Cir. 2007) (applying appellate
presumption of reasonableness to within-Guidelines sentence).
Duffy also asserts that the district court abused its
discretion
when
concurrent
to
supervised
release.
authority
to
it
an
declined
to
anticipated
The
impose
run
the
instant
sentence
district
concurrent
for
court
sentence
violation
acknowledged
sentence.
See
18
of
its
U.S.C.
However,
recommendation
that
in
a
light
of
sentence
the
for
Sentencing
violation
Guidelines
of
supervised
that
this
decision
courts discretion.
was
an
appropriate
exercise
of
We
the
that
the
84-month
sentence
imposed
was
and
materials
legal
before
are
adequately
this
and
argument
court
presented
would
not
in
the
aid
the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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