*1 1029 adequate- that the “court ing claims. and identity multiple false on their if it relevant the factors references ly at all of the addresses you And if look conduct, actually the in stole some of the considerations defendant least children, 3553(a)”). multi- identity of 30 some § over times, in the commission ple Here, explicitly refer- the district court therefore, And, I to scheme defraud. appropriate Sentencing the Guide- enced ap- are that sentences think consecutive lines, provided and reasoned basis case, my is in that propriate aggravated identity two of the ordering intention. Al- consecutively. to run theft sentences Transcript (emphasis at 85-87 (Sentencing the district court could have ex- though added).) issue, groupability the plicitly addressed explain required not to do so. United adequately
“A court must it was See 09-10247, sen impose Egu, consecutive its decision v. No. WL States I, 2010) (9th § 1028A. Lee pursuant 1972079, 17, May tences” at *3 Cir. I, the government at 781. In Lee F.3d (upholding consecutive sen- (unpublished) little that district court “did conceded the § as within tences for 1028A convictions con it ran the sentences explain” why discretion, district court’s even the sentence secutively. Id. We vacated the have though district could “[t]he that the we were “not convinced because specifically why addressed consecu- more the factors that court considered district appropriate despite sentences were tive to run inform decision whether must underly- groupability of Defendant’s concurrently § or multiple 1028A counts convictions”). Therefore, ing we conclude consecutively.” readily This Id. case is run the district court’s decision to I. Unlike in Lee distinguishable from Lee consecutively was reason- the sentences I, no refer where the district court made able. 5G1.2, § the factors in ence whatsoever to appli clearly here mentioned the the court III. her guideline implicitly based cable reasons, AFFIRM foregoing For we on at one of factors least those conviction and sentence. Dvorak’s of the crimes com noting the seriousness 5G1.2, by Dvorak. See U.S.S.G. mitted 2(B)(i) sentencing n. (permitting
cmt. “the nature and serious court to consider offenses”). underlying While ness of each explicitly court did not mention America, UNITED STATES 5G1.2, commentary to factor listed Appellee, require I that a Lee does not every factor contained court must recite rejected squarely guideline. have We FOY, Jr., Appellant. Earl analogous argument No. 09-3027. every single list required are courts 3553(a) sentence; imposing factor when of Appeals, States Court long as it is clear that court consid
so Eighth Circuit. factors, out. it need not list them ered April Submitted: 2010. Wood, F.3d See United Aug. Filed: Cir.2009) (stating that district to recite “mechanical required court is 3553(a) impos- factors
ly” all of the when
MELLOY, Judge. Circuit Foy, pled guilty
Earl Jr. three counts communications, mailing threatening 876(c), violation of 18 U.S.C. and two mailing counts of communica- threatening money, tions to extort in violation of 18 876(b). Foy subsequently U.S.C. moved plea. to withdraw his The district court1 ultimately denied motion and sen- *4 him imprisonment. tenced to 480 months’ Foy appeals his sentence and the denial of the motion to withdraw plea. his We af- firm.
I. Background May Foy In charged was with sending threatening “S.K.,” letters to ex-girlfriend son, and the mother of his between November and December 2005. Foy prison was incarcerated in state at the time the letters All were sent. three let- against ters contained death threats S.K. and others. Two of the letters con- also tained demands for sums equaling thou- dollars, including sands of one demand for $90,000 S.K., a total approximately of from daughter, her and her friend. jury
A trial commenced April on 2009. At the of government’s close case, Foy pled guilty all charges without the benefit of plea agreement. The accepted plea, court2 finding Foy Angela L. Campbell, argued, Des was competent capable and of entering an Moines, IA, Esteves, M. Alexander on the plea, informed that he was aware of the brief, IA, City, appellant. Sioux for charges nature of the and the conse- quences plea, of Goodgame Rebecca and that he made Ebinger, argued, IA, plea Fletcher, I, knowingly voluntarily. and Rapids, Cedar Kevin Three Craig later, AUSA, days counsel, brief, Sioux, IA, through trial on the filed City, for a motion to withdraw plea ap- and to appellee.
point new counsel. subsequently sub- LOKEN, BRIGHT, Before and pro mitted se memoranda which he MELLOY, Judges. Circuit maintained that he wished to withdraw the Bennett, Gritzner, 1. The Honorable Mark W. United The Honorable James E. Judge Judge States District for the States District for the Northern Southern District District Iowa, presided Foy's plea at the trial and at of Iowa. hearing. government plea, draw his letters sent to S.K. at because plea primarily trial that had been post-plea, reports disruptive evidence at work presented New counsel forged. with or tampered awaiting sentencing. while behavior The July, In eventually appointed June. court also admitted to the rec- Foy’s motion to the district court denied competency pre- ord a forensic evaluation plea. withdraw his pared prior Foy’s to trial as an indicator of health. Upon mental consideration of the proceeded sentencing. ease The record, agreed the court with the PSR’s (“PSR”) report calculated presentence advisory of an determination Guidelines adjusted base offense level Foy’s combined range, denied motion for a down- twenty-five. qualified as Because as variance, offender, in imposed career his total offense level ward thirty-two. variance, States creased See United him to 480 months’ Sentencing 4B1.1. The Guideline PSR imprisonment. The court achieved the against a two-level reduc recommended by running twenty- federal sentence 3E1.1(a) pursuant tion U.S.S.G. year statutory maximum sentences on the responsibility. Foy objected acceptance 876(b) consecutively, two counts with the *5 against aceep recommendation an to the 876(c) § sixty-month sentences for tance-of-responsibility reduction. running concurrently counts to one anoth- history catego criminal computed PSR his 876(b) § er and to the counts. It also ry grounds: Foy’s as VI on two accumula ordered the federal to run con- twenty-one history points tion of secutively his incomplete state sentence. status as a career offender. Con and his 5G1.3(a). See U.S.S.G. The district Foy’s advisory sequently, the PSR scored subsequently sentencing court filed a sentencing range Guidelines as 210 to 262 memorandum addressing reasoning for imprisonment. months’ varying upwardly. sentencing, At court the district over- II. Discussion Foy’s objection receiving
ruled to not ac- credit, ceptance-of-responsibility a decision Guilty A. Withdrawal of the Plea3 appeal. that he does not The district court Foy argues that the district gave beginning also notice at the of the court should have him to withdraw allowed hearing vary upwardly that it intended to guilty plea. support position, his In of his object- from the Guidelines. counsel presents arguments he that he failed to to the lack of advance notice. The ed brings raise before the district court and listed several reasons it believed First, appeal. for the first time on he warranted a variance. Defense counsel responses during asserts that some of his history that argued response had plea colloquy demonstrate that his of mental health and substance abuse is- impaired mental state was at the time. To young age sues from a and a difficult presents he this argument extent mitigated against childhood that a substan- plea unknowing establish his or invol government tial sentence. The offered as Foy’s pro requests untary, cogni- evidence se to with- “such a claim would not be possibility post-conviction proceedings. also raises the of an ineffec- See United 868, (8th prior due to tive assistance claim counsel’s McAdory, v. States 501 F.3d 872 present argument to the district ("We failure to Cir.2007) ordinarily defer ineffective as- plea He acknowl- court on withdrawal. U.S.C. sistance of counsel claims to 28 2255 however, typical- edges, appeal that a direct is proceedings.”). We do not entertain it fur- ly inappropriate forum for such' a claim ther here. preserve requests that we issue for 1034 appeal charges], on direct where he failed to there a maximum possible
zable
is
fine
present
$250,000,
it to the district court in the first
possible
a maximum
imprison-
guilty
a motion to withdraw his
instance
years....
ment of 5
On Counts 3 and 5
Washington,
876(b)
plea.” United States
515
charges]
a maximum
[the
there’s
(8th Cir.2008)
861,
(citing
F.3d
$250,000.
possible fine of
There’s a maxi-
(8th
Murphy,
899 F.2d
possible imprisonment
mum
years
of 20
Cir.1990)); see also United States v. prison[.]” There is no dispute that
(8th Cir.1991).
Young, 927 F.2d
district court’s statements
not explicit-
did
Second,
contends that the district court
he
ly
possibility
alert
to the
of consecu-
twenty-year
failed to inform him that the
tive sentencing.
cites our decision in
statutory maximum sentences
Burney,
United States v.
75 F.3d
876(b)
could be run
charges
consecutive- Cir.1996), in support claim that
ly.
alleges
He
this omission was a viola- district court’s disclosure was insufficient.
requirement
tion of the
in Federal Rule of
In Burney, we stated that
“[t]o
extent
11 to
him
Criminal Procedure
advise
of the
that
court is obligated [in
possible
maximum
penalty he faced. See
accepting a plea agreement] to disclose the
11(b)(1)(H).
Fed.R.Crim.P.
Instances of possibility of
consecutive
...
noncompliance with
may
Rule 11
be raised we believe that the
implicitly
district court
appeal,
for the first time on
but our review
by telling
did so
[the
ten
defendant]
Vonn,
plain
is for
error. United States v.
years was the maximum
imprison-
term of
55, 59,
535 U.S.
152 ment for each of the three counts.” Id. at
(2002).
L.Ed.2d 90
agree
445. We
the district court’s
*6
statements were less clear than those in
To
plain
succeed on
error
re
However,
Burney.
even
context,
assuming, with-
view
a defendant must
deciding,
out
that the district court should
only
show “not
an error in the failure to
case,
have done more in this
we do not
follow Rule 11 but also a ‘reasonable
believe a
probability
error,
probability
that
reasonable
exists that
but
for the
he
” he would have
would not have
a
continued with trial but for
guilty plea.’
entered
Garcia,
575,
misstep.
United
v.
the court’s
States
604 F.3d
(8th Cir.2010) (quoting
578
United States
First, the
Foy
record indicates that
ac-
Luken,
741,
(8th
v.
560 F.3d
745
Cir.
tually knew early on that consecutive sen-
2009)). “Even if he establishes such a
tences could result in an even more oner-
probability,
discretionary
relief is
and ‘the ous total sentence than
eventually
the one
court should not exercise that discretion
imposed. According
competency
to the
seriously
unless the error
affectfed]
trial,
report prepared prior
Foy
to
told the
fairness, integrity
public reputation
or
evaluator that he would be incarcerated
”
judicial proceedings.’
(quoting
Id.
Unit
possibly
fifty-five years
for
if convicted—a
Olano,
725, 732,
ed
v.
States
507 U.S.
113
by
sentence achieved
running the sen-
(1993)).
1770,
S.Ct.
Regarding penalties, the maximum id. Nor has the district court part: thought twenty-year stated relevant asserted he a 847(c) 1, 2, “Under Counts and 4 [the sentence was the maximum absolute he
1035
reject this
sum,
Burney,
11 violation was
Sentencing
B.
Issues
Young, 927
guilty. See
plead
to
decision
the district
argues
first
at 1062.
F.2d
gave insufficient notice of its intent
prior
notice
Additionally, Foy had
apply
upward
an
variance. As the dis
to
of consecu
sentencing
possibility
of the
to
noted, however, it
correctly
trict court
object. The
sentencing and did not
tive
provide
advance notice
required
to consecutive
PSR referred
Irizarry v.
vary upwardly.
intent
5G1.2(d),
which di
to U.S.S.G.
pursuant
States,
708,
553 U.S.
United
beyond consecutive
rects
2202-03,
(2008);
2198,
view that he faced
Irizarry,
tence was sound and substan- history. nal That record reflects that over tively reasonable. decade, past in engaged several altercations, leading to various assault III. Conclusion charges. He also has been cited for sever- reasons, For the foregoing we affirm. al minor offenses. His most serious crimes include third-degree second- and BRIGHT, Judge, dissenting. Circuit burglary. question, Foy’s Without crimi- respectfully I dissent. history nal lengthy. is But his offenses excessively are not majority extraordinary The severe or acknowledges that the ex- justify what variance, amounts to a life sentence. coupled tent of the with the length of the gives pause. it Foy’s difficult childhood should be Maj. op. 1037-38. But it reasons that it weighed against his criminal background. cannot overturn the sentence because the presentence report documents a tur- court did not abuse its discretion. bulent and Foy’s par- unstable childhood. ents were never married and suffered
I disagree. support While I the district history from a substance abuse. discretion, court’s and hold this mother, absent from much of his child- particular judge highest I regard, hood, played little upbringing. role agree imposition cannot with the of such At age eight, Foy boys’ moved into a an excessive sentence on the record before home, beginning juvenile a series of place- this court. The substantively sentence is By nine, age ments. receiving started unreasonable because the variance from psychiatric treatment for problems, includ- guidelines lacks sufficient ing adjustment disorder and mild retarda- justification. See United States v. Feem tion. ster, (8th Cir.2009) (en 572 F.3d
banc) (holding that a district court must
professionals
Mental health
diag-
later
“consider the extent of the deviation and nosed him with conduct disorder of adoles-
justification
ensure that the
sufficiently
is
cence
impulse
control disorder. Pro-
months).
advisory
range
variance to 120 months from
Guide-
lines
of 63 to 78
*10
subject
Foy that he could be
him inform
recently diagnosed
more
fessionals
and
At
years’
imprisonment.
disorder
personality
forty
with antisocial
Foy’s men-
traits.
court
personality
hearing, the district
change-of-plea
borderline
magnified
“[ujnder
1, 2,
concerns were
tal health
4 ...
stated that
Counts
Foy began
problems.
abuse
substance
possible imprison-
a maximum
[Foy faced]
twelve,
marijuana
age
at
smoking
years” and that
Counts 3
“[o]n
ment of 5
the substance on
year, he used
within one
...
possible
a maximum
and 5 there’s
consuming alco-
Foy began
daily
a
basis.
years
prison.”
in
imprisonment of
snorting
admits to
age
fourteen and
hol
inform
that the
district court did not
cocaine.
run consec-
twenty-year sentence could be
find the lack of
court did not
The district
utively
twenty-year
to another
sentence.
and substance abuse
guidance
parental
notice of the district
Had
received
At the time of
“substantially mitigating.”
vary
significantly
from
court’s intent
so
twenty-eight
nearly
sentencing,
could have
sentencing guidelines,
he
high
He had never finished
years
age.
evidence that
the record did
introduced
here is an African
we have
school. What
an extreme variance.
support
not
Cf.
much
man who did not receive
American
817,
Rutherford, 599 F.3d
United
education,
many
he received
nor has
of an
Cir.2010)
(affirming a sentence
life for him-
to make a useful
opportunities
on consecutive sentences because
based
to his
forty-year sentence
Adding his
self.
change-of-plea
the district court at
for the crime of sec-
existing incarceration
possi-
to the
hearing alerted
defendant
likely amounts to a
burglary
ond-degree
sentencing and suffi-
bility of consecutive
life sentence.
sentence).
ciently justified the
in essence
judge
The district
decided
Moreover,
rests on
heavy
Foy had led a worthless
that Mr.
twenty years for
consecutive sentences of
Thus,
to do so.
life and would continue
and 5. Those counts recite extor-
counts 3
principle—jail him
adopted
court
crimes,
Foy,
prison,
in
in
tion
which
while
key.
away
and throw
now
S.K., threatening to kill
letters to
wrote
with the district court
disagree
I
paid
money.
him
her and others unless she
threaten-
mailing
the crime of
committing
let-
serious crimes. Yet these
These were
forty-year
warrants
ing communications
transactions,
part of related
ters were
Foy’s background.
even with
two weeks of
written and delivered within
offense, it did not
this is a serious
While
other,
prison
and the
terms were
each
another individ-
physical
in
harm to
result
hearing.
at the same
imposed
imposed long-
ual. Yet the district
relationship
such a
It would seem
many murder-
than that which
er sentence
for concurrent
usually
would
call
crimes
receive.
might
ers
sentences.
not re-
the district court was
Although
case,
dealing with a diffi-
In this
we are
notice that it intended to
quired
provide
Certainly
subject:
the dis-
cult
recidivism.
range, see
guideline
from the
vary upward
experience
more
on
possesses
trict court
States,
U.S.
Irizarry v.
in
judges. But
subject
appellate
than
this
should be remanded so that and the may government opportunity have an testimony expert addressing introduce risks of recidivism. UNIVERSITY, INC.,
CAPELLA Appellee/Cross-Appellant, EXECUTIVE RISK SPECIALTY COMPANY,
INSURANCE Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Gallagher Co.; Arthur J. Arthur J. Gallagher Management Services, Risk
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