UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-5106
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
DEVON LEEVENSON WILFOUNG,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr.,
District Judge. (CR-04-495)
Submitted: April 27, 2006 Decided: May 1, 2006
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher R. Clifton, GRACE, HOLTON, TISDALE & CLIFTON, P.A.,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Anna Mills Wagoner,
United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, Robert A. J.
Lang, Assistant United States Attorney, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Devon Leevenson Wilfoung was sentenced to 210 months
imprisonment after he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to
distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, in violation of 21
U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(l), 846 (2000). He appeals, claiming that his
sentence is unreasonable because the district court refused to
depart from the advisory guidelines range which took into account
the 100:1 crack to powder cocaine ratio.
After the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v.
Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), a sentencing court is no longer bound
by the range prescribed by the sentencing guidelines. See United
States v. Hughes, 401 F.3d 540, 546 (4th Cir. 2005). However, in
determining a sentence post-Booker, sentencing courts are still
required to calculate and consider the applicable guideline range
as well as the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2000).
Id. If the sentence imposed is within the properly calculated
guideline range, it is presumptively reasonable. United States v.
Green, 436 F.3d 449, 2006 WL 267217, at *5 (4th Cir. Feb. 6, 2006).
Wilfoung’s sentence was both within the guideline range
of 210-262 months, and well within the statutory maximum of life
imprisonment. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b) (2000). Moreover, we have
recently considered and rejected a post-Booker challenge to the
100:1 crack to powder cocaine ratio contained in the sentencing
guidelines. See United States v. Eura, 440 F.3d 625 (4th Cir.
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2006). Because the district court appropriately treated the
guidelines as advisory, and properly calculated and considered the
guideline range and the relevant § 3553(a) factors, we find the
sentence reasonable.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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