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No. 14-4712
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Elkins.
John Preston Bailey,
District Judge. (2:13-cr-00049-JPB-JSK-3)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Melvin Sanders appeals his 120-month prison sentence after
pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with
intent to distribute cocaine.
On
parties
arguments,
and
also
that
his
sentence
is
achieve
(2012).
the
aims
of
sentencing
under
18
U.S.C.
3553(a)
We affirm.
[the
sentence
is]
inside,
just
outside,
or
United States v.
Lymas, 781 F.3d 106, 111 (4th Cir. 2015) (quoting Gall v. United
States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007)).
reasonable,
we
tak[ing]
into
including
the
consider
account
extent
its
the
of
totality
any
variance
2
of
the
from
reasonableness,
circumstances,
the
Guidelines
range.
Id.
[I]f
the
sentence
is
outside
the
Guidelines
Id.
on
apply[ing]
the
facts
presented
the
relevant
when
3553(a)
imposing
factors
to
sentence,
the
specific
court
sentence.
the
particular
Lymas,
781
F.3d
reasons
at
supporting
113
its
(citation
and
chosen
internal
that
the
justification
is
significantly
compelling
to
its sentence need not be lengthy, but the court must offer some
individualized
assessment
justifying
the
sentence
imposed
and
at
review.
hand
and
adequate
to
permit
meaningful
appellate
procedurally
court
made
presented,
specific
an
and
substantively
individualized
applied
the
circumstances
assessment
relevant
of
the
reasonable.
the
based
3553(a)
case
on
district
the
factors
facts
to
the
the
defendant,
and
reasons
supporting
its
and
particular
The
adequately
explained
sentence.
We also conclude
that the 10-year prison sentence, which is 4.75 years above the
high
end
of
the
advisory
Guidelines
range,
is
substantively
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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