Filed: Jan. 14, 2015
Latest Update: Jan. 14, 2015
Summary: SENTENCING MINUTES ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, District Judge. 1:37 p.m. Court in session. Appearances of counsel. Defendant is present in custody. Interpreter: government and defendant stipulate as to interpreter's qualifications; interpreter sworn. Court's opening remarks. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3552 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32, the Probation Department has conducted a presentence investigation and has filed a presentence report and addendum. Counsel for the government confirms that counsel has
Summary: SENTENCING MINUTES ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, District Judge. 1:37 p.m. Court in session. Appearances of counsel. Defendant is present in custody. Interpreter: government and defendant stipulate as to interpreter's qualifications; interpreter sworn. Court's opening remarks. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3552 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32, the Probation Department has conducted a presentence investigation and has filed a presentence report and addendum. Counsel for the government confirms that counsel has ..
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SENTENCING MINUTES
ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, District Judge.
1:37 p.m. Court in session.
Appearances of counsel.
Defendant is present in custody.
Interpreter: government and defendant stipulate as to interpreter's qualifications; interpreter sworn.
Court's opening remarks.
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3552 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32, the Probation Department has conducted a presentence investigation and has filed a presentence report and addendum.
Counsel for the government confirms that counsel has read the presentence report and addendum.
Counsel for the defendant informs the court that counsel has read and discussed the presentence report and addendum with the defendant.
Also before the court relevant to sentencing are the following papers: the Defendant's Objection to the Presentence Investigation Report [#24] filed November 14, 2014; the Defendant's Sentencing Statement and Motion for Variant Sentence [#23] filed November 14, 2014; and the government's Motion for a One-Level Variance [#25] filed November 19, 2014.
Defendant's counsel makes a statement on behalf of the defendant, offers information in mitigation of punishment, comments on the probation officer's sentencing guideline applications and calculations, and comments on matters relating to the appropriate sentence.
Defendant is sworn.
Statement by the defendant.
Statement by counsel for the government.
The court makes a sentencing statement pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) and enters findings of fact, conclusions of law, judgment of conviction, sentence, and orders.
IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That the plea agreement of the parties as presented in Court's Exhibits 1 and 2 is formally approved;
2. That the pending motions are resolved as follows: Defendant's Motion for Variant Sentence [#23] filed November 14, 2014 is DENIED; government's Motion for a One-Level Variance [#25] filed November 19, 2014 is DENIED;
3. That judgment of conviction under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(k) is entered on Count One of the Indictment;
4. That pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, it is the judgment and sentence of this court that the defendant is committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a term of fourteen (14) months;
5. That on release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a term of three (3) years; provided furthermore, that within 72 hours of defendant's release from imprisonment and the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, the defendant shall report in person to the U.S. probation department within the district to which he is released;
6. That while on supervised release, the defendant shall comply with the following conditions of supervised release:
• all mandatory conditions of supervised release, prescribed by law at 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) and USSG § 5D1.3(a);
• all standard conditions of supervised release approved and imposed by this court in all such cases and circumstances; and
• the following explicit or special conditions of supervised release:
• that the defendant shall not violate any federal, state, or municipal statute, regulation, or ordinance in any jurisdiction or place where defendant may be during the term of supervised release;
• that the defendant shall not possess or use illegally controlled substances;
• that the defendant shall not possess or use any firearm, destructive device, or dangerous weapon as defined under federal law at 18 U.S.C. § 921;
• that the defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a sample of defendant's DNA;
• that if the defendant is removed from this country, then defendant shall not re-enter without the lawful approval and authority of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
• that if the defendant is removed from and then granted permission to lawfully return to this country, defendant shall report to the nearest United States Probation Department within 72 hours of defendant's lawful return to this country;
• that the defendant shall not drive or operate a motor vehicle on the streets or highways within the State of Colorado without a valid driver's license, operator's license, and proof of insurance;
7. That no fine is imposed;
8. That the defendant shall pay forthwith a special victim's fund assessment fee of $100.00;
9. That presentence confinement credit shall be determined by the Bureau of Prisons under 18 U.S.C. § 3585;
10. That an order and judgment of forfeiture shall be entered pursuant to the plea agreement of the parties and the admission of the defendant of the forfeiture allegation of the Indictment and under the authority of Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and the statutory provisions of 21 U.S.C. § 853(c);
11. That this court recommends that the Bureau of Prisons designate the defendant to a correctional institution in the State and District of Colorado; and
12. That the defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.
The defendant is advised of the right to appeal the sentence imposed by the court.
2:21 p.m. Court in recess.
Total time in court: 00:44
Hearing concluded.
