U.S. v. SETSER

No. 08-10835.

607 F.3d 128 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Monroe Ace SETSER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wesley Hendrix, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William Reynolds Biggs, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def. (argued), Jason Douglas Hawkins, Fed. Pub. Def., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Monroe Ace Setser appeals the district court's imposition of a federal sentence that runs consecutively to an undischarged state sentence. Because the imposition of a consecutive sentence is fully within the district court's authority, and because we conclude that the sentence is otherwise reasonable and not illegal, we find no error in the district court's sentencing of defendant. Accordingly, we AFFIRM.

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