United States of America v. Raymont David Brown

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-4955
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RAYMONT DAVID BROWN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Chief
District Judge. (CR-03-155-1)
Submitted: July 28, 2006 Decided: August 11, 2006
Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Derrick W. Lefler, GIBSON, LEFLER & ASSOCIATES, Princeton, West
Virginia, for Appellant. Charles T. Miller, United States
Attorney, John L. File, Assistant United States Attorney, Beckley,
West Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Pursuant to a plea agreement, Raymont David Brown pled
guilty to distribution of a quantity of cocaine base (“crack”), in
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (2000). Brown appealed the
district court’s original sentence of 137 months in prison. We
vacated Brown’s sentence and remanded for resentencing, concluding
that, under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), Brown’s
sentence violated the Sixth Amendment.
Upon remand, the district court sentenced Brown to 115
months in prison, based on the original guideline calculation as
modified to reflect a two-level reduction in offense level granted
pursuant to the government’s post-remand Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b)
motion for a reduction in sentence. Brown timely appealed.
Brown argues that his sentence following Booker violates
his due process rights, as informed by ex post facto principles.
This claim is foreclosed by our recent decision in United States v.
Davenport, 445 F.3d 366 (4th Cir. 2006).
Accordingly, we affirm Brown’s sentence. 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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