United States v. Christopher Teal ( 2019 )

Case: 19-10014 Document: 00515181534 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
No. 19-10014 FILED
Summary Calendar October 31, 2019
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
CHRISTOPHER RASHAD TEAL,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:18-CR-173-1
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HO, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Christopher Rashad Teal pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with
intent to distribute heroin. He now appeals, challenging the procedural and
substantive reasonableness of the above-guidelines 298-month sentence of
imprisonment imposed by the district court. We affirm.
First, Teal’s alternative interpretations of the record evidence are
insufficient to demonstrate that the district court clearly erred in determining
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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the quantity of cocaine and heroin for the purpose of calculating his guidelines
range. See United States v. Harris, 740 F.3d 956, 966-67 (5th Cir. 2014).
Second, his unpreserved challenge to the sufficiency of the district court’s
consideration of the sentencing factors and explanation of the above-guidelines
sentence fails on review for plain error. See United States v. Churchwell, 807
F.3d 107, 122-23 (5th Cir. 2015). Third, we are unpersuaded that the district
court abused its discretion by imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence.
See United States v. McElwee, 646 F.3d 328, 343 (5th Cir. 2011).
AFFIRMED.
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