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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DELDRICK LAMAR SPENCE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 18, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Kaycee Berente, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Amanda Harris Huang, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Bethany N. Baxter, CHILDERS & BAXTER, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Kevin M. Schad, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Amanda Harris Huang, Charles P. Wisdom Jr., UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Judge(s): BOGGS, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington

READLER, Circuit Judge. While on supervised release, Deldrick Spence was charged with a host of drug offenses as well as being a felon in possession of a handgun. With the district court’s permission, Spence represented himself at his subsequent revocation hearing. There, the district court revoked Spence’s supervision and imposed a 24-month term of imprisonment. On appeal, Spence primarily challenges the validity of his waiver of counsel and the procedural reasonableness of his sentence. As the district court did not err in allowing Spence to proceed pro se and did not consider impermissible sentencing factors in imposing a within- Guidelines sentence, we affirm.

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