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No. 12-4525
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
William L. Osteen,
Jr., District Judge. (1:11-cr-00236-WO-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
April 5, 2013
PER CURIAM:
Brian
Edward
Scott
pled
guilty
pursuant
to
plea
his
career
offender
classification,
and
considering
the
Finding no error, we
affirm.
We
review
sentence
for
reasonableness.
Gall
v.
155,
161
(4th
Cir.
2008).
errors
include
sentenceincluding
an
explanation
for
any
Guidelines range.
deviation
from
the
we
review
for
abuse
of
discretion
and
will
reverse
United States
For instance, if
Id.
at
578.
However,
we
review
unpreserved
non-
Id. at 576-77.
Guidelines
range
is
reasonable.
See
United
States
v.
We review de novo
as a crime of violence.
U.S.
Sentencing
Guidelines
Manual
(USSG)
substance
offense,
and
he
had
two
prior
felony
as:
[A]ny offense under federal or state law, punishable
by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that
(1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or
threatened use of physical force against the person of
another, or
(2) is burglary of a dwelling, arson, or extortion,
involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves
conduct that presents a serious potential risk of
physical injury to another.
USSG 4B1.2(a) (2011).
According to Scott, his felony fleeing to elude arrest
conviction
exceeding
was
one
not
year
punishable
under
by
Simmons
imprisonment
because
he
for
argues
term
that
he
could not have been sentenced to more than eleven months for
that crime.
arrest
conviction,
were
consolidated
into
Class
convicted,
present
his
Class H felony.
during
violation
of
the
flight
for
which
Scott
the
statute
was
punishable
was
as
of
20-141.5(b)
is
not
crime
of
violence
is
is
inherent
to
vehicle
flight),
and
this
Courts
Cir.)
(holding
that
there
are
several
reasons
by
which
to
is
substantively
reasonable.
Because
the
156-month
presume
on
appeal
that
the
sentence
is
reasonable.
See
Guidelines
range
as
presumptively
reasonable.).
In
an
sentence,
Scott
asserts
that
because
he
was
held
accountable for only 10.7 grams of cocaine base, had it not been
for his career offender status, his Guidelines range would have
been thirty-to-thirty-seven months.
court
specifically
addressed
several
3553(a)
factors
before
only
rebut
the
presumption
by
demonstrating
that
the
contentions
this
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED