Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
No. 14-4492
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
William L. Osteen,
Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:13-cr-00451-WO-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Veronica Levonne Jones appeals from her conviction and
thirty-nine month sentence imposed pursuant to her guilty plea
to filing false tax returns and aggravated identity theft.
On
appeal,
v.
counsel
has
California,
386
meritorious
issues
sentence
was
sentencing.
filed
U.S.
738
for
greater
The
brief
(1967),
appeal
than
pursuant
averring
but
Government
has
that
questioning
necessary
to
to
Anders
there
whether
meet
the
to
file
declined
are
no
Jones
goals
a
of
brief.
contends
that
We affirm.
her
fifteen-month
sentence
for
is
greater
than
necessary
to
accomplish
the
goals
of
18
We
sentence
range
is
within
or
below
presumptively
Id. at 51.
properly
reasonable
[on
calculated
appeal].
United States v. Louthian, 756 F.3d 295, 306 (4th Cir.), cert.
2
to
showing
rebut
this
presumption
by
that
the
sentence
is
due
deference
to
the
[d]istrict
[c]ourts
the
totality
the
circumstances,
we
To
weight
to
her
mitigating
circumstances,
the
court
The
the relevant 3553(a) factors and the fact that the imposed
sentence
fell
within
Jones
requested
range,
the
courts
This
review.
but
If
counsel
the
client
believes
requests
that
such
that
a
petition
petition
would
be
be