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Summary: [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED _ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Nos. 09-15616, 09-15617 & 09-15618 SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 Non-Argument Calendar JOHN LEY CLERK _ D. C. Docket Nos. 03-00041-CR-FTM-29-DNF, 03-00042-CR-FTM-29-DNF, 03-00043-CR-FTM-29-DNF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KENNETH D. IZARD, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _ (September 20,
Summary: [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED _ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Nos. 09-15616, 09-15617 & 09-15618 SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 Non-Argument Calendar JOHN LEY CLERK _ D. C. Docket Nos. 03-00041-CR-FTM-29-DNF, 03-00042-CR-FTM-29-DNF, 03-00043-CR-FTM-29-DNF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KENNETH D. IZARD, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _ (September 20, ..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Nos. 09-15616, 09-15617 & 09-15618 SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Non-Argument Calendar JOHN LEY
CLERK
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D. C. Docket Nos. 03-00041-CR-FTM-29-DNF,
03-00042-CR-FTM-29-DNF, 03-00043-CR-FTM-29-DNF
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
KENNETH D. IZARD,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(September 20, 2010)
Before PRYOR, MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Thomas Ostrander, appointed counsel for Kenneth Izard in this appeal from
the revocation of Izard’s supervised release, moves to withdraw as Izard’s
attorney. Ostrander filed a brief arguing that the appeal lacks merit, in accordance
with Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738,
87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). Izard did not
submit a reply brief. After independent review of the record, we agree that the
appeal lacks merit.
Izard, who had served a custodial term for three bank robberies, pleaded
guilty to several violations of the terms of his supervised release. This was the
second time Izard was brought before the district court for violating his supervised
release. After the first violation, the court sentenced him to another term of
supervised release. This time, however, the court revoked the supervised release
and sentenced Izard to 18 months imprisonment. We review this decision for an
abuse of discretion. United States v. Frazier,
26 F.3d 110, 112 (11th Cir. 1994).
In Ostrander’s brief, he identifies two potential, but ultimately frivolous,
issues for appeal. First, Ostrander indicates that Izard could argue that he did not
admit his guilt to the supervised release violation. However, this argument cannot
carry the day. At his final revocation hearing, the court informed Izard of the
allegations as well as his procedural rights, and Izard said he understood. The
court told Izard his advisory guideline range was 21 to 27 months imprisonment,
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but that the statutory maximum was 24 months. Izard then admitted to the facts
and circumstances of his violations. We conclude that the colloquy at the
revocation hearing adequately established that Izard voluntarily acknowledged his
guilt to the supervised release violations and that he understood the nature of the
charges as well as the consequences of admitting his guilt to those charges. See
United States v. Monroe,
353 F.3d 1346, 1354 (11th Cir. 2003).
The second issue Ostrander identifies is whether Izard’s sentence was
unreasonable. We review a sentence upon revocation of supervised release for
reasonableness. United States v. Tome, No. 09-16486,
2010 WL 2899147, at *6
(11th Cir. July 27, 2010). Although the government recommended a term of 18
months imprisonment in exchange for Izard’s guilty plea, Izard asked for leniency
by explaining how he was trying to get his life back on track. Izard’s attorney
recommended a sentence of a year and a day, but agreed with the government that
imprisonment was more likely to change Izard’s behavior than another term of
supervised release.
We see no procedural defect in Izard’s sentence. See
id. The district court
properly calculated the guideline range, told Izard the guidelines were not
mandatory, and considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, noting specifically its
obligation to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary.
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The court considered Izard’s criminal history, his problematic conduct while on
supervised release, and the fact that Izard did not avail himself of the opportunity
he was given for alcohol counseling. The court need not explicitly address each of
the § 3553(a) factors, so long as the record indicates that the court considered the
facts and circumstances relevant under § 3553(a). See United States v. Garey,
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F.3d 1359, 1363 (11th Cir. 2008).
Izard’s sentence was also substantively reasonable. See Tome,
2010 WL
2899147 at *7. Given that this was Izard’s second time to be brought before the
court on a supervised release violation, and the unanimity of opinion that a third try
for success on supervised release would be pointless, the district court concluded
that Izard needed to be sentenced to a custodial term. The 18 month
sentence—below the guideline range for his violation—was particularly
appropriate in light of Izard’s repeated violation of his supervised release.
Our independent review of the record reveals no arguable issues of merit.
Ostrander’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Izard’s conviction and
sentence are AFFIRMED.
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