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Summary: Case: 14-10760 Document: 00512973433 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/18/2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-10760 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 18, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. PAUL EDWARD SIMS, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 4:12-CR-184-1 Before KING, JOLLY, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Paul
Summary: Case: 14-10760 Document: 00512973433 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/18/2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-10760 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 18, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. PAUL EDWARD SIMS, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 4:12-CR-184-1 Before KING, JOLLY, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Paul E..
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Case: 14-10760 Document: 00512973433 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/18/2015
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-10760
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
March 18, 2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
PAUL EDWARD SIMS,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:12-CR-184-1
Before KING, JOLLY, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Paul Edward Sims appeals the sentence he received upon revocation of
the five-year term of probation imposed on his guilty plea conviction for
conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute
methamphetamine. See 18 U.S.C. § 3565; 21 U.S.C. § 846. The revocation
sentence was an 18-month prison term, which was above the United States
Sentencing Guidelines’ policy statement advisory range, to be followed by a
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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three-year term of supervised release. Reviewing for plain error, we affirm.
See Puckett v. United States,
556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009); United States v. Kippers,
685 F.3d 491, 496-97 (5th Cir. 2012).
There is no merit to the contention that the district court inadequately
considered Sims’s arguments and inadequately explained the revocation
sentence selected. The district court gave a detailed and explicit explanation
for the within-statutory-range punishment selected, stating that a sentence
above the policy statement range was required because Sims failed to
appreciate the lenient treatment accorded him when sentenced originally, was
not amenable to supervision, and presented a danger to the community. Thus,
Sims cannot show plain error because he cannot “demonstrate any error at all.”
United States v. Teuschler,
689 F.3d 397, 400 (5th Cir. 2012); see
Kippers, 685
F.3d at 498. Sims’s alternative argument—that a procedural objection should
not have been required at sentencing—is foreclosed. See United States v.
Mondragon-Santiago,
564 F.3d 357, 361 n.2 (5th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.
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