United States v. William Soward, Jr., No. 15-2222 (8th Cir. 2015)

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Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith, Colloton, and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was not substantively unreasonable. [ October 01, 2015

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 15-2222 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee, v. William Soward, Jr., lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: September 17, 2015 Filed: October 2, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SMITH, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. William Soward directly appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised release for the second time, and sentenced him within his Chapter 7 advisory range 1 The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. to 18 months in prison followed by 9 years of supervised release. For reversal, he argues that the revocation sentence is substantively unreasonable. Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose an unreasonable revocation sentence. See United States v. Growden, 663 F.3d 982, 984 (8th Cir. 2011) (per curiam); United States v. Petreikis, 551 F.3d 822, 824 (8th Cir. 2009). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. We also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. ______________________________ -2-

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