United States v. Armendariz Alexander

1The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 07-3904
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United States of America, *
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Appellee, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Western District of Missouri.
Larry D. Wills, *
* [UNPUBLISHED]
Appellant. *
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Submitted: February 6, 2009
Filed: February 17, 2009
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Before BYE, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Larry Wills pleaded guilty to eight charges involving fraud and money
laundering. He now appeals his 48-month prison sentence, arguing that remand is
required because the district court 1 did not specifically address the 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a) factors or explain the chosen sentence. Wills made no objection to this at
sentencing. The record reveals that before imposing sentence, the district court heard
statements from both counsel and adopted the parties’ agreed-upon advisory
Guidelines imprisonment range of 46-57 months. We are thus satisfied that the court

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had a reasoned basis for the selected sentence, see Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct.
2456, 2468 (2007), and there is no indication that Wills would have received a lower
sentence had the court more explicitly explained its decision, see United States v.
Pate, 518 F.3d 972, 975 (8th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, we affirm.
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