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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-4782 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. KIMARIO JERROD SIMMONS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. C. Weston Houck, Senior District Judge. (2:11-cr-02114-CWH-1) Submitted: July 24, 2013 Decided: August 13, 2013 Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Michael Chesser, Aiken, S
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-4782 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. KIMARIO JERROD SIMMONS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. C. Weston Houck, Senior District Judge. (2:11-cr-02114-CWH-1) Submitted: July 24, 2013 Decided: August 13, 2013 Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Michael Chesser, Aiken, So..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-4782
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
KIMARIO JERROD SIMMONS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. C. Weston Houck, Senior District
Judge. (2:11-cr-02114-CWH-1)
Submitted: July 24, 2013 Decided: August 13, 2013
Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Chesser, Aiken, South Carolina, for Appellant. Alston
Calhoun Badger, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Matthew
J. Modica, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
A federal jury convicted Kimario Jerrod Simmons of
possessing a firearm after sustaining a prior conviction for an
offense punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2006). The district
court sentenced Simmons to fifty-seven months of imprisonment
and he now appeals. Appellate counsel has filed a brief
pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967),
questioning whether the sentence was reasonable. Simmons filed
a supplemental pro se brief raising additional issues. * Finding
no error, we affirm.
Counsel questions whether the sentence is procedurally
reasonable, arguing that the district court implicitly presumed
the advisory Guidelines to be reasonable. We review a sentence
for reasonableness, applying an abuse of discretion standard.
Gall v. United States,
552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007); see also United
States v. Layton,
564 F.3d 330, 335 (4th Cir. 2009). In so
doing, we examine the sentence for “significant procedural
error,” including “failing to calculate (or improperly
calculating) the Guidelines range, treating the Guidelines as
mandatory, failing to consider the [18 U.S.C.] § 3553(a)
*
We have thoroughly considered the arguments raised in
Simmons’ pro se supplemental brief and conclude that they lack
merit.
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[(2006)] factors, selecting a sentence based on clearly
erroneous facts, or failing to adequately explain the chosen
sentence.”
Gall, 552 U.S. at 51.
Although a sentencing court may not apply a
presumption of reasonableness to the advisory Guidelines, see
Nelson v. United States,
555 U.S. 350, 352 (2009), we will
presume on appeal that a sentence within a properly calculated
advisory Guidelines range is reasonable. United States v.
Allen,
491 F.3d 178, 193 (4th Cir. 2007); see Rita v. United
States,
551 U.S. 338, 346-56 (2007) (upholding presumption of
reasonableness for within-Guidelines sentence). We have
thoroughly reviewed the record and conclude that the sentence is
both procedurally and substantively reasonable.
We have examined the entire record in accordance with
the requirements of Anders and have found no meritorious issues
for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district
court. This court requires that counsel inform Simmons, in
writing, of the right to petition the Supreme Court of the
United States for further review. If Simmons requests that a
petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition
would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for
leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel’s motion must
state that a copy thereof was served on Simmons. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
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adequately presented in the materials before this court and
argument would not aid in the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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