United States v. Raphael Howe, II

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Raphael Howe appeals as substantively unreasonable his 151 months sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possessing five or more grams of cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Careful consideration of the arguments Howe advances reveals no abuse of discretion in the district court’s below-Guidelines sentencing and we thus affirm.

A sentence is substantively unreasonable where the district court “bas[es] the sentence on impermissible factors ... or giv[es] an unreasonable amount of weight to any pertinent factor.” United States…