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United States v. Lee Smith, 4th Cir. (2014)
United States v. Lee Smith, 4th Cir. (2014)
No. 13-4550
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:12-cr-00387-CCE-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
May 8, 2014
PER CURIAM:
Lee
Smith
pleaded
guilty
to
being
felon
in
and
received
180-month
sentence
of
imprisonment.
whether
Smiths
guilty
plea
was
knowing
and
Smith
challenging
his
sentence.
filed
guilty
pro
plea
and
se
supplemental
the
brief
reasonableness
also
of
his
plea
colloquy
in
which
it
informs
the
defendant
of,
and
is
relinquishing
by
pleading
guilty.
Fed.
R.
Crim.
P.
11(b)(1); United States v. DeFusco, 949 F.2d 114, 116 (4th Cir.
1991).
Fed.
Because
F.3d 517, 525 (4th Cir. 2002); see Henderson v. United States,
133 S. Ct. 1121, 1126 (2013) (discussing plain error standard).
Our review of the record indicates that the district
court strictly complied with Rule 11 in accepting Smiths plea.
Accordingly,
we
conclude
that
Smiths
plea
was
knowing
and
See United
States v. Lambey, 974 F.2d 1389, 1394 (4th Cir. 1992) (en banc).
We review a sentence for reasonableness, applying an
abuse of discretion standard.
38,
first
46
(2007).
The
Court
reviews
for
significant
then
considers
substantive
reasonableness.
Id.
at
51.
Id.
The district
The
Id.
imposing
calculated
Smiths
the
sentence,
Guidelines
the
range
district
and
court
specifically
factors.
Accordingly,
we
conclude
that
Smiths
conviction
and
sentence.
We therefore affirm
This
Court
requires
that
If Smith
Counsels
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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