United States v. Pierre Watson, No. 14-3265 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was not an abuse of the district court's discretion. [ March 16, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-3265 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Pierre Watson lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________ Submitted: March 12, 2015 Filed: March 17, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. While Pierre Watson was serving a period of supervised release on a federal criminal sentence, he admitted to the district court1 that he had violated several release 1 The Honorable Henry E. Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. conditions. The court revoked supervised release and imposed a revocation sentence of 8 months in prison and 48 months of additional supervised release. On appeal, Watson contends that the court abused its discretion by failing to articulate its consideration of the 18 U.S.C. ยง 3553(a) sentencing factors. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915-16 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review); United States v. Gray, 533 F.3d 942, 943-44 (8th Cir. 2008). The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________ -2-
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