US v. Juan Diaz-Rebollar, No. 08-4708 (4th Cir. 2009)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-4708 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JUAN DIAZ-REBOLLAR, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Senior District Judge. (7:08-cr-00012-F-1) Submitted: June 3, 2009 Decided: June 16, 2009 Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Robert Hood Hale, Jr., ROBERT H. HALE, JR. & ASSOCIATES, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. George E. B. Holding, United States Attorney, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., Eric Evenson, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Juan Diaz-Rebollar pled guilty to a single count of illegal reentry of a previously deported felon, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) (2006), and was sentenced to 96 months in prison. erred On appeal, Diaz-Rebollar argues that the district court by not sentence. district permitting him to allocute before announcing Our review of the sentencing transcript reveals the court invited Diaz-Rebollar imposition of his sentence. to allocute before the See United States v. McClung, 483 F.3d 273, 276 (4th Cir. 2007) (allocution is the defendant s right to speak on his own behalf and present evidence that might mitigate his punishment), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 2954 (2008). Diaz-Rebollar simply chose not to use that opportunity. Therefore, the district court committed no error. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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