Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
No. 09-4253
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Winston-Salem.
James A. Beaty,
Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:08-cr-00190-JAB-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Terry Thompkins Truesdale appeals from his convictions
for
possession
with
intent
to
distribute
crack
cocaine
and
On
no
meritorious
issues
for
appeal
right
to
do
so,
supplemental brief.
Truesdale
has
but
questioning
the
Although informed of
not
filed
pro
se
affirm.
Truesdale asserts that his sentence was longer than
necessary to achieve the goals of sentencing, especially given
the disparity between the crack and powder cocaine Guidelines
and
their
effect
on
his
advisory
Guidelines
range. 2
While
solely
understood
upon
its
circumstances
of
the
advisory
discretion
the
Guidelines
and
offense,
relied
range.
upon
Truesdales
The
court
the
nature
and
prior
record,
his
career
offender
to
conclude
that
sentence
within
the
Cir.
2008)
(applying
presumption
of
reasonableness
to
we
affirm
Truesdales
convictions
and
sentence.
This
review.
but
If
counsel
the
client
believes
requests
that
such
that
a
petition
petition
would
be
be