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No. 13-4265
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:12-cr-00110-CCE-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
July 1, 2014
PER CURIAM:
Dequantey Maurice Williams pled guilty to possession
of
firearm
offense.
court
by
person
previously
convicted
of
determined
that
Williams
qualified
as
felony
The district
an
armed
career
The court
departed
153-months
downward
imprisonment.
and
sentenced
Williams
to
We
affirm.
Section
924(e)
provides
for
180-month
minimum
drug
trafficking
offenses.
18
U.S.C.
924(e)(1).
we
punishable
held
by
that
more
North
than
Carolina
one
year
of
conviction
is
imprisonment
a
if
crime
the
year, taking into account his criminal history and the nature of
his offense.
common
law
sentenced
within
offense
the
does
mitigated
qualify
range
under
because
North
he
was
Carolinas
This
737 F.3d 33, 38-39 (4th Cir. 2013), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct.
1773 (2014); see also North Carolina v. Bivens, 573 S.E.2d 259,
26162 (N.C. App. 2002) (providing that, even if judge finds
that mitigating factors outweigh aggravating factors, the judge
may
sentence
Because
the
the
defendant
maximum
sentence
within
in
the
the
presumptive
presumptive
range).
range
for
with
contentions
are
oral
we
affirm
argument
adequately
Williams
because
presented
in
the
the
sentence.
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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