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Summary: Case: 13-10657 Document: 00512536955 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/19/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 13-10657 February 19, 2014 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. YOLANDA JUAREZ-LUNA, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 1:13-CR-25-1 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:
Summary: Case: 13-10657 Document: 00512536955 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/19/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 13-10657 February 19, 2014 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. YOLANDA JUAREZ-LUNA, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 1:13-CR-25-1 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: *..
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Case: 13-10657 Document: 00512536955 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/19/2014
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 13-10657 February 19, 2014
Summary Calendar
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
YOLANDA JUAREZ-LUNA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:13-CR-25-1
Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Yolanda Juarez-Luna challenges the sentence imposed following the
revocation of her probation. She argues that a special condition of supervised
release included in her written judgment conflicts with the district court’s oral
pronouncement of sentence. Specifically, at the revocation hearing, the district
court ordered various conditions of supervised release, including Juarez-
Luna’s participation in a “program approved by the United States Probation
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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Office for the treatment of narcotic, drug, or alcohol dependency.” In the
written judgment, however, the court included an additional drug testing
requirement associated with this condition. Juarez-Luna contends that the
conflict between the written judgment and oral pronouncement warrants
remand.
Because Juarez-Luna had no opportunity to object to the written
judgment in the district court, we review the court’s sentencing decision for
abuse of discretion. United States v. Vega,
332 F.3d 849, 851 n.1 (5th Cir.
2003). “[A] defendant has a constitutional right to be present at sentencing.”
Id. at 852. Accordingly, if the written judgment conflicts with the oral
pronouncement of sentence, the oral pronouncement controls.
Id. If, however,
the difference between the written judgment and oral pronouncement creates
merely an ambiguity, we “look to the intent of the sentencing court, as
evidenced in the record to determine the defendant’s sentence.” United States
v. Torres-Aguilar,
352 F.3d 934, 935 (5th Cir. 2003) (internal quotation marks
and citation omitted).
The written judgment reflects that drug testing is both a special and a
mandatory condition of supervised release. Thus, the district court’s inclusion
of a drug testing component, as part of the special condition of supervised
release requiring substance abuse treatment, does not broaden the restrictions
or responsibilities of Juarez-Luna’s supervised release. See United States v.
Mireles,
471 F.3d 551, 558 (5th Cir. 2006);
Vega, 332 F.3d at 852-54.
Accordingly, there is no conflict warranting remand. See
Mireles, 471 F.3d at
558;
Vega, 332 F.3d at 852-54
AFFIRMED.
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