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172285P.pdf 10/22/2018 United States v. Trung Dang
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2285
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Chief Judge, Author, with Beam and Colloton, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal Case - revocation of supervised release. District court did not
abuse its discretion in imposing a sixty-month sentence to run consecutive
to state sentence for computer child pornography and computer exploitation
of a child, representing an upward departure from 8-14 month sentencing
range. The district court did not plainly err in failing to expressly
state the applicable sentencing range, as the court expressly considered
related guidelines provisions and the discussions reflected an assessment
that the offense warranted revocation and a substantial prison sentence;
reliance on the statute under which Dang was convicted provided sufficient
basis for the district court's factual findings; the district court did
not plainly err in considering the section 3553(a)(2)(A) factors and did
not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause by sentencing him to imprisonment
for conduct that formed the basis of his state conviction. The sentence is
not substantively unreasonable.