No. 14-4747
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:14-cr-00127-CCE-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
July 2, 2015
PER CURIAM:
Chance
Christian
Kennedy
appeals
the
240-month
sentence
in
violation
of
18
U.S.C.
2252A
(2012).
On
deferential
sentence
for
reasonableness,
abuse-of-discretion
standard.
applying
Gall
v.
United
procedural
we
error
reasonableness
of
is
alleged,
the
sentence,
examine
tak[ing]
the
substantive
into
Id. at 51.
account
the
of
presume
sentencing.
on
appeal
See
that
substantively reasonable.
18
a
U.S.C.
3553(a)
within-Guidelines
(2012).
We
sentence
is
295, 306 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 421 (2014).
The
the
sentence
is
unreasonable
first
asserts
when
measured
against
the
apply
the
Id.
that
we
should
not
from
the
Sentencing
Commissions
2
typical
empirical
approach,
but
instead
are
the
result
of
Congressional
under
more
lenient
standard
simply
because
the
reasonableness
greater
than
sentencing.
applied
necessary
to
to
his
sentence,
meet
the
the
sentence
statutory
goals
is
of
However,
ultimately
Guidelines
range
circumstances
seriousness,
public.
of
to
The
particularly
concluding
was
the
inappropriate
offense
provide
court
serious
that
just
and
sentence
given
the
need
punishment,
observed
given
the
3
that
number
and
below
the
the
nature
and
to
reflect
its
to
protect
the
Kennedys
of
victims
offense
and
was
images
to
rebut
the
presumption
of
reasonableness
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
and
materials
legal
before
We dispense with
contentions
this
court
are
and