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No. 13-4338
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever III,
Chief District Judge. (5:12-cr-00342-D-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Joel Devon Artis appeals the thirty-six-month sentence
imposed after he pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to
one count of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of
marijuana,
cocaine,
heroin,
Benzylpiperazine
Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine
Methylenediozpyrovalerone
841(a)(1) (2012).
(BZP),
(MDPPP),
(MDPV),
in
violation
and
of
21
U.S.C.
Specifically, Artis
because
he
committed
the
court
reviews
reasonableness
offense
while
on
release
We affirm.
sentence
under
an
for
abuse
procedural
of
discretion
standard
applies
whether
the
sentence
is
inside,
v.
Rivera-Santana,
668
F.3d
95,
100-01
and
The
just
United
(4th
Cir.)
this
whether
court
considers
the
2
district
court
properly
the
sentencing
reviewing
appellate
courts
any
sentence
court
decision
must
outside
give
because
due
it
the
Guidelines
deference
has
to
flexibility
the
in
the
court
reviews
it
for
substantive
reasonableness,
Gall,
4A1.3
information
authorizes
indicates
that
an
upward
the
departure
defendants
when
criminal
USSG
4A1.3(a)(2)(D).
Double
counting
occurs
when
provision
of
the
that
has
been
accounted
for
by
application
of
628
F.3d
654,
664
(4th
Cir.
United States v.
2010).
Section
4A1.3
Cir.
2012)
impermissibly
because
that
counting).
in
(rejecting
triple
counted
section
does
argument
in
that
departing
not
district
under
prohibit
USSG
double
or
court
4A1.3
triple
impermissible
double
counting
and
Artiss
arguments
are
without merit.
Accordingly, we affirm Artiss sentence.
We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this
court
and