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Summary: Case: 20-30006 Document: 00515565518 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2020 REVISED United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 20-30006 September 14, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk United States of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Korryon Dashawn Carter, Defendant—Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 6:10-CR-225-1 Before King, Smith, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Summary: Case: 20-30006 Document: 00515565518 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2020 REVISED United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 20-30006 September 14, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk United States of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Korryon Dashawn Carter, Defendant—Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 6:10-CR-225-1 Before King, Smith, and Wilson, Circuit Judges. ..
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Case: 20-30006 Document: 00515565518 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2020
REVISED
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 20-30006 September 14, 2020
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Korryon Dashawn Carter,
Defendant—Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
USDC No. 6:10-CR-225-1
Before King, Smith, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Korryon Carter contends that his 36-month revocation sentence,
which is below the range recommended by the policy statements in the Sen-
tencing Guidelines and the statutory maximum, is procedurally and substan-
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opin-
ion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances
set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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tively unreasonable. Although Carter preserved the consecutive aspect of his
challenge, he did not object to procedural reasonableness. See Molina-
Martinez v. United States,
136 S. Ct. 1338, 1342−43 (2016). We need not
determine whether the procedural-reasonableness challenge is preserved,
because it would fail regardless. See United States v. Holguin-Hernandez,
955 F.3d 519, 520 n.1 (5th Cir. 2020).
Under Gall v. United States,
552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007), we engage in a
bifurcated review of a sentence. United States v. Delgado-Martinez,
564 F.3d
750, 752 (5th Cir. 2009). First, we consider whether the district court com-
mitted a “significant procedural error, such as failing to calculate (or improp-
erly calculating) the Guidelines range.”
Gall, 552 U.S. at 51. If there is no
error or any error is harmless, we may proceed to the second step and review
the substantive reasonableness of the sentence for an abuse of discretion.
Id.
Under the “plainly unreasonable” standard applicable to revocation sen-
tences, see United States v. Miller,
634 F.3d 841, 843 (5th Cir. 2011), this court
first determines whether the sentence is unreasonable, then “whether the
error was obvious under existing law,”
id. “[A] rebuttable presumption of
reasonableness . . . applies to a consecutive sentence imposed within the par-
ameters of the advisory federal guidelines.” United States v. Candia,
454 F.3d 468, 473 (5th Cir. 2006).
The district court heard Carter’s expression of remorse and about his
success during supervision but found it to be outweighed by his repeated
failure to adhere to the conditions of supervision. Carter has not shown that
the consecutive nature of his sentence rendered it unreasonable. See United
States v. Whitelaw,
580 F.3d 256, 260 (5th Cir. 2009); U.S.S.G. § 7B1.3(f),
p.s., & comment. (n.4). We have affirmed revocation sentences that were
ordered to run consecutively to sentences for new offenses prompting the
revocation. See, e.g., United States v. Sims, 774 F. App’x 231, 231 (5th Cir.
2019); United States v. Ramirez, 264 F. App’x 454, 458 (5th Cir. 2008);
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United States v. Deal, 237 F. App’x. 909, 910−11 (5th Cir. 2007). Carter has
not shown that his sentence was based on an irrelevant or improper factor, a
clear error of judgment in balancing the relevant factors, or the district
court’s failure to account for a factor that should have received significant
weight. See United States v. Warren,
720 F.3d 321, 332 (5th Cir. 2013). Carter
essentially asks us to reweigh the § 3553(a) factors, which we will not do. See
Gall, 552 U.S. at 51; United States v. Heard,
709 F.3d 413, 435 (5th Cir. 2013).
AFFIRMED.
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