US v. Timothy Cook, No. 14-4511 (4th Cir. 2014)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-4511 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TIMOTHY WILLIAM COOK, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. Gina M. Groh, District Judge. (3:05-cr-00014-GMG-JES-1) Submitted: December 18, 2014 Decided: December 22, 2014 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Nicholas J. Compton, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Kristen M. Leddy, Research and Writing Specialist, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Paul Thomas Camilletti, Assistant United States Attorney, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Timothy Cook pled guilty in 2006 to possession with intent to distribute imprisonment. He October 31, 2011. a petition violations. to heroin began his and was term sentenced of to supervised 97 months’ release on In April 2014, Cook’s probation officer filed revoke his supervised release, alleging three In June 2014, an amended petition was filed, based on two additional violations. At the hearing, Cook admitted to the first three violations included in the original petition in exchange for the Government’s agreement to dismiss the final two. The parties also stipulated to a 24-month sentence. The district court revoked Cook’s supervised release and sentenced him to 24 months’ imprisonment. Cook noted a timely appeal. Cook’s attorney has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), in which he asserts that there are no meritorious issues for appeal but questioning whether Cook’s sentence is plainly unreasonable. Although advised of his right to file a supplemental pro se brief, Cook has not done so. The district court has broad discretion to impose sentence upon revoking a defendant’s supervised release. States v. Thompson, 595 F.3d 544, 547 (4th Cir. 2010). a United We will affirm a sentence imposed after revocation of supervised release if it is within the governing statutory range and not plainly 2 unreasonable. United States v. Crudup, 461 F.3d 433, 439–40 (4th Cir. 2006). “plainly Before determining whether the sentence is unreasonable” unreasonable. we must Id. at 438. decide whether it is In this initial inquiry, the court takes a more deferential posture concerning issues of fact and the exercise of discretion than it does applying the reasonableness review to post-conviction Guidelines sentences. United States v. Moulden, 478 F.3d 652, 656 (4th Cir. 2007). A review of the record leads us to conclude that Cook’s sentence is not unreasonable, nor was it plainly so, as he fully admitted the violations and stipulated to the sentence which was within the statutory range. In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm revocation of Cook’s supervised release and his sentence. court requires that counsel inform Cook, in writing, of the This the right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Cook requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move representation. in and legal court for leave to withdraw from Counsel’s motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Cook. facts this We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are 3 adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 4
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