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No. 10-4294
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro.
William L. Osteen,
Jr., District Judge. (1:09-cr-00187-WO-1)
Submitted:
December 6, 2010
WYNN,
Circuit
Decided:
Judges,
and
HAMILTON,
Senior
PER CURIAM:
Cornelius
Antonio
Blackwell
appeals
the
120-month
whether
Blackwells
sentence
was
reasonable.
affirm.
The sole issue raised by counsel in the Anders brief
is whether the district courts sentence was reasonable.
In
to
adequately
explain
the
sentence.
Gall
v.
United
325,
330
(4th
Cir.
2009).
Because
counsel
raises
the
claimed error for the first time on appeal, we review for plain
error.
United
States v.
Lynn,
592
F.3d
572,
577
(4th
Cir.
2010); see United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732 (1993)
(detailing
plain
error
standard).
2
Our
review
of
the
record
reasonable.
375,
omitted).
379
(4th
Cir.
2006)
(internal
quotation
marks
no
reversible
substantive
error
in
sentencing
Blackwell.
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record
in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal.
We
therefore
sentence.
writing,
affirm
Blackwells
conviction
and
120-month
his
right
to
petition
the
Supreme
Court
of
the