After Donny Bear Robe violated the terms of his supervised release, the district court 1 sentenced him to the maximum 24 months’ imрrisonment allowed under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), to be followed by 12 months of additional supervised release. The advisory sentencing guidelines recommended 3 to 9 months’ imprisonment for his revocation offense. USSG § 7B1.4(a). Bear Robe appeals his sеntence, arguing that the district court failed adequately to consider 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) in selecting the term of imprisonment, and thаt the term is substantively unreasonable. We hold that the district court’s sentence was not an abuse of discretion, and wе therefore affirm.
On December 14, 2004, Donny Bear Robe pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter. While intoxicаted, he led police on a high speed pursuit, during which a passenger in the open bed of his pickup truck was ejected and killed. The district court sentenced Bear Robe to 24 months’ imprisonment, followed by 36 months’ supervised release. Bear Robe served the term of imprisonment and began his term of supervised release on August 30, 2006.
Four months later, Bear Robe was arrested for public intoxication and driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol concentration reading of 0.214 percent. There were three passengers in the vehicle at the time of his arrest. Bеar Robe failed to report the arrest to his probation officer, as required by the terms of his supervised relеase, and when the probation officer eventually learned of the arrest, Bear Robe stated that the аrrest had been a misunderstanding, that he had not consumed alcohol prior to the arrest, and that he had been the designated driver for his girlfriend and her friends that night.
The government petitioned to revoke Bear Robe’s supervised relеase based on his consuming alcohol, driving while under the influence of alcohol, failing to report his arrest, and lying to his supervision officer. The district court revoked Bear Robe’s supervised release, and imposed the sentеnce of 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 12 months of supervised release.
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Gall v. United States,
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On appeal, we may consider both the prоcedural soundness of the district court’s decision and the substantive reasonableness of the sentence impоsed. The statute applicable to revocations of supervised release directs the court of аppeals
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to determine whether a revocation sentence is “plainly unreasonable,” 18 U.S.C. § 3742(e)(4), but we have held after
Booker
that the same “reasonableness” standard applies to both initial sentencing decisions and revocation proceedings.
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We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Bear Robe to the statutory maximum term of imprisonment, followed by an additional period of supervised release. The district court bеgan the process by correctly calculating the advisory guideline range to be 3 to 9 months’ imprisonment. See USSG § 7B1.4(a). Beаr Robe then argued that he should receive a more lenient sentence than recommended by the advisory range. He relied on the fact that his violation was caused by severe alcoholism, and that he had registered twice previously for treatment, but was placed on waiting lists both times. He also argued that imprisonment would disrupt care for his four year-old son, although he later admitted that the child lived with Bear Robe’s father, who was “more than willing to helр [Bear Robe] take care of him.”
After hearing these points, the district court noted its obligation to consider 18 U.S.C. § 3553(а). In imposing the maximum sentence permitted under the statute, the district court emphasized three factors. First, given the similar nature of Bear Robe’s revocation offense and original offense, the district court believed that the mаximum term of imprisonment was required to deter Bear Robe from drinking and driving again in the future. Second, the court believed thаt Bear Robe’s repeated drinking while on supervised release showed that he was unlikely to undergo rehabilitatiоn without the constant supervision provided by incarceration. Third, the court took into account the fact thаt Bear Robe did not accept responsibility for his previous crime and continued to deceive and manipulate his supervision officer.
We are satisfied that the district court considered the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), with reference to the individual circumstances of Bear Robe’s case. The court provided persuasive reasons to justify the sentence imposed. Particularly given the impermissibility of proportionality review after
Gall,
Notes
. The Honorable Richard H. Battey, United Stales District Judge for the District of South Dakota.