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072671P.pdf   08/05/2008  United States  v.  Kelly Phelps
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-2671
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Murphy and Arnold, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Nothing in the record overcame the
   presumption that the sentencing judge was aware that the sentencing
   courts were not to apply a presumption of reasonableness to the
   Guidelines; district court did gave adequate consideration to the Section
   3553(a) factors and adequately explained his reasons for his decisions;
   severity of defendant's addiction and quality of assistance he would
   provide his disabled child were proper considerations under Sec. 3553(a);
   district court ruled on his requested departures; district court did not err 
   in considering prior drug conviction; sentence is not unreasonable.