United States v. Larry Shaw

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: James B. Loken, Pasco M. Bowman and Steven M. Colloton (UNPUBLISHED); Granting [3940189-2] motion to withdraw as counsel filed by Mr. Robert Kuchar. [3991131] [12-2546]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 12-2546
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Larry R. Shaw
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: December 28, 2012
Filed: January 7, 2013
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
After the District Court1 found that Larry Shaw had violated the conditions of
his release, the court revoked Shaw’s supervised release and imposed a sentence of
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The Honorable Greg Kays, United States District Judge for the Western
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thirteen months in prison followed by twenty-three months of supervised release.
Shaw appeals, arguing that the sentence is unreasonable. We disagree. The record
shows that the District Court credited the victim’s hearing testimony over Shaw’s,
properly considered relevant sentencing factors, and imposed a revocation sentence
that was authorized by statute and within the applicable Guidelines range. See 18
U.S.C. § 3583(b), (e)(3), (h); United States v. Petreikis, 551 F.3d 822, 824 (8th Cir.
2009) (applying a presumption of substantive reasonableness to a revocation sentence
within the Guidelines range); United States v. White Face, 383 F.3d 733, 740 (8th
Cir. 2004) (reiterating that a district court need not list every 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
factor when sentencing a defendant upon the revocation of his supervised release);
United States v. Carothers, 337 F.3d 1017, 1019 (8th Cir. 2003) (noting that the
government must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a defendant violated
a supervised-release condition; a district court’s finding that a violation occurred is
reviewed for clear error and its credibility determinations at supervised-releaserevocation hearing are virtually unreviewable on appeal).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the
judgment of the District Court.
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