United States v. Lorenzo Manning ( 2018 )


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  •                 United States Court of Appeals
    For the Eighth Circuit
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    No. 17-2639
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    United States of America
    lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
    v.
    Lorenzo O. Manning
    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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    Appeal from United States District Court
    for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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    Submitted: September 25, 2018
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    [Unpublished]
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    Before LOKEN, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    Lorenzo O. Manning pled guilty to criminal escape in violation of 
    18 U.S.C. §§ 751
    (a)(1) and 4082. The district court1 sentenced him to 18 months’
    1
    The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Judge for the
    Western District of Missouri.
    imprisonment. He appeals. Having jurisdiction under 
    28 U.S.C. § 1291
    , this court
    remands.
    Manning contends his within-guidelines sentence is substantively unreasonable
    because the district court did not properly account for his “intellectual deficits.” This
    court reviews “the substantive reasonableness of a sentence for abuse of discretion.”
    United States v. Petersen, 
    848 F.3d 1153
    , 1157 (8th Cir. 2017). An abuse of
    discretion occurs “if the district court fails to consider a relevant factor that should
    have received significant weight, gives significant weight to an improper or irrelevant
    factor, or considers only the appropriate factors but commits a clear error of judgment
    in weighing those factors.” 
    Id.
     (internal quotation marks omitted). “[I]t will be the
    unusual case when we reverse a district court sentence—whether within, above, or
    below the applicable Guidelines range—as substantively unreasonable.” United
    States v. Feemster, 
    572 F.3d 455
    , 464 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc).
    Explaining the sentence, the district court discussed Manning’s competency,
    noting he was not on any medication and had a history of malingering and
    manipulation. It said:
    In looking at the factors under 18, 3553, when I look at the nature and
    circumstances of the offense, there are a few things that are—there are
    several things that are concerning. One is that the defendant says he was
    not on medication and he needed to go to the facility, yet I find it telling
    that he didn’t follow up with the directives and he was—he had the
    ability to have medication. He was on disability and so that does seem
    like maybe some aspects of malingering in there.
    And I would note that in conjunction with that concern, in 2012 when
    the defendant was complaining of mental health issues and was admitted
    to Biggs Forensic Center, he reported to the staff that he was not
    suffering from mental illness and had beat the system to avoid prison,
    which is paragraph 57 of the presentence investigation report. With that
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    history that’s very concerning in light of his claim that he needed to
    leave the facility for mental health treatment but then didn’t follow up
    on that mental health directive.
    Similarly, in 2013 in the underlying case before Judge Kays he
    underwent a competency evaluation, which is set forth on paragraph 59,
    and during the period of evaluation, they found signs of malingering or
    manipulating, and so I do see this escape as evidence that there was
    some manipulation and that this case more resembles the typical escape
    case and should fall within the guidelines.
    The district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to give more weight to his
    claims of intellectual deficits. See United States v. Anderson, 
    618 F.3d 873
    , 883 (8th
    Cir. 2010) (“The district court may give some factors less weight than a defendant
    prefers or more to other factors but that alone does not justify reversal.”).
    Manning requests remand because the district court’s written judgment
    conflicts with its oral sentence. At sentencing, the court imposed an 18-month
    sentence to run concurrently to a prior federal sentence. It imposed two years of
    supervised release. The written judgment specified consecutive sentences and a
    three-year term of supervised release. The government does not oppose remand. The
    case is remanded for the district court to correct the error in the written judgment. See
    United States v. Foster, 
    514 F.3d 821
    , 825 (8th Cir. 2008) (“Where an oral sentence
    and the written judgment conflict, the oral sentence controls.”).
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    The case is remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 17-2639

Filed Date: 12/11/2018

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021