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570 F. App'x 371
5th Cir.
2014

*1 Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: [*]

Defendant-Appellant Andre McDaniels appeals the sentences imposed following his guilty-plea conviction on nine counts of tampering with a witness by corrupt persuasion. The district court sentenced him to 78 months of imprisonment on each count, with those sentences to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to federal sentences that McDaniels was already serving following prior convictions on charges of coercion and enticement. *2 Case: 13-20376 Document: 00512650683 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/03/2014

No. 13-20376

McDaniels argues that the sentences imposed by the district court were substantively unreasonable because the district court did not afford adequate weight to the applicable guidelines range – U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3 in particular – in its balancing of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. See Gall v. United States , 552 U.S. 38, 50-51 (2007). He did not object on this basis in the district court, however, so plain error review applies. See United States v. Peltier , 505 F.3d 389, 391-92 (5th Cir. 2007). McDaniels does not attempt to show that the alleged error either “affected [his] substantial rights” or “seriously affect[ed] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings,” however, so he cannot establish reversible plain error. Puckett v. United States , 556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted); see also United States v. Williams , 620 F.3d 483, 496 (5th Cir. 2010).

AFFIRMED.

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Notes

[*] Pursuant to 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5.4.

Case Details

Case Name: United States v. Andre McDaniels
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date Published: Jun 3, 2014
Citations: 570 F. App'x 371; 13-20376
Docket Number: 13-20376
Court Abbreviation: 5th Cir.
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