UNITED STATES v. KINSEY (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Robert Keith KINSEY, Defendant-Appellant

No. 19-10109

Decided: September 19, 2019

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HO, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges. Leigha Amy Simonton, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Melanie Smith, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee Adam Nicholson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant

Robert Keith Kinsey challenges the 18-month above-range sentence that the district court imposed upon the revocation of his supervised release. Kinsey argues that his sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the district court initially pronounced a sentence that was at the bottom of the guidelines policy statement range, based on a misunderstanding of that range, and, once advised of the correct range, impermissibly and inexplicably imposed the same sentence, which was then above the policy statement range.

Contrary to Kinsey’s assertions, the district court explicitly considered the appropriate factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), including the proper advisory range of imprisonment. See United States v. Winding, 817 F.3d 910, 913 (5th Cir. 2016); United States v. Miller, 634 F.3d 841, 843-44 (5th Cir. 2011); United States v. Mathena, 23 F.3d 87, 90-93 (5th Cir. 1994). Further, the district court adequately explained the above-range sentence. See United States v. Fraga, 704 F.3d 432, 437-39 (5th Cir. 2013); United States v. Whitelaw, 580 F.3d 256, 261-62 (5th Cir. 2009). Thus, Kinsey fails to show error, plain or otherwise. See Winding, 817 F.3d at 913.

AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM:* FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.