United States of America v. Abraham Sanchez-Angeles, also known as Cruz Montana-Torres

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-2281
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Abraham Sanchez-Angeles, also known as Cruz Montana-Torres
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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No. 14-2300
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Abraham Sanchez-Angeles, also known as Cruz Montana-Torres
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Appeals from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
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Submitted: December 2, 2014
Filed: December 5, 2014
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated appeals, Abraham Sanchez-Angeles directly appeals the
sentences imposed by the district court in his criminal case and in his supervised-1
release revocation proceeding. After careful review, we affirm.
While serving a 3-year term of supervised release, Sanchez was convicted of
a felony in state court, and was indicted in federal court. He pleaded guilty to the
federal indictment, which charged him with illegally reentering the country having
been previously deported after an aggravated felony conviction, in violation of 8
U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). At his combined sentencing and revocation hearing, the
district court imposed consecutive prison sentences of 30 months on the reentry
conviction, and 14 months on the supervision revocation. On appeal, counsel has
filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), in which counsel argues
that the 44-month aggregate sentence is substantively unreasonable.
We find no abuse of discretion in the sentences imposed. See United States v.
Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (this court reviews sentence
under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard); United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910,
915-16 (8th Cir. 2009) (this court reviews revocation sentence using same standards
it applies when reviewing initial sentence). The district court adequately explained
The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for1
the Northern District of Iowa.
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its reasons for both sentences, stated that it had carefully considered the 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a) factors, and referred specifically to some of those factors, including
Sanchez’s criminal and immigration history, see Feemster, 572 F.3d at 461 (district
court need not mechanically recite § 3553(a) factors, so long as it is clear from record
that court actually considered them in determining sentence); United States v. White
Face, 383 F.3d 733, 740 (8th Cir. 2004) (same for revocation sentence); and it
imposed sentences within the Guidelines ranges in both cases, see United States v.
Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d 878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (outlining substantive
reasonableness test); United States v. Rubashkin, 655 F.3d 849, 869 (8th Cir. 2011)
(sentences within Guidelines range are presumed to be substantively reasonable).
Finally, the court did not abuse its discretion by ordering that the sentences be served
consecutively. See U.S.S.G. §§ 5G1.3(c), comment. (n.3(C)), & 7B1.3(f); United
States v. Cotroneo, 89 F.3d 510, 512 (8th Cir. 1996) (decision to impose consecutive
or concurrent sentence upon revocation of supervised release is committed to sound
discretion of district court).
An independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,
80 (1988), reveals no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.
The judgments are affirmed. Counsel’s motions to withdraw are granted.
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