US v. Travis Dittrich
Filing
920100315
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-4311
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TRAVIS EDWARD DITTRICH, Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (7:08-cr-00094-D-1)
Submitted:
February 19, 2010
Decided:
March 15, 2010
Before KING, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Stephen C. Gordon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. George E. B. Holding, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Travis Edward Dittrich pled guilty to fifteen counts of receiving child pornography, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2252(a)(2) (West Supp. 2009) (Counts 1-15), and to one count of possessing child pornography, (Count 16). 18 U.S.C.A. § 2252(a)(4)(B) (West Supp. 2009)
(JA 6-41).
The district court imposed a 144-month
sentence for Counts 1-15 and 120-month concurrent sentence for Count 16. Both sentences advisory were imposed within Dittrich's range.
properly-calculated
Sentencing
Guidelines
Dittrich timely appeals his sentence, alleging that the district court procedurally erred because it rejected his assertion that his criminal history was overstated. For the reasons that
follow, we affirm. First, we find no abuse of discretion in the district court's sentencing of Dittrich. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. Second, our review procedurally and
38, 49 (2007) (providing review standard). of Dittrich's sentence reveals it was
substantively 325, 328 (4th
reasonable, United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d Cir. to a 2009), and we apply the a presumption of
reasonableness
sentence
within
proper
Sentencing
Guidelines range. (4th Cir. 2007).
United States v. Allen, 491 F.3d 178, 193 Finally, we conclude that the district court
did not err in rejecting Dittrich's argument that his criminal history category of III over-represented 2 his actual criminal
history,
see
generally
U.S.
Sentencing
Guidelines
Manual
§
4A1.3(b) (2008) (permitting downward departure based on overrepresented criminal history), and that the district court
adequately explained on the record its decision not to depart on this basis. Carter, 564 F.3d at 328. we affirm Dittrich's the sentence. facts and We legal
Accordingly, dispense with oral
argument
because
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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