United States v. Kenneth Frowner
Opinion
Kenneth Frowner pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2113(a) and (d). In accordance with Frowner’s plea agreement, the district court 1 sentenced him to 160 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. The court also ordered him to pay $145,632.16 in restitution. On appeal, counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396,18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the district court erred in finding that Frowner was a career offender. In his pro se supplemental brief, Frowner argues that the career-offender enhancement violated Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and that the district court plainly erred in not addressing each of his objections to the presentence report (PSR).
The district court did not err in imposing the 160-month sentence to which Frowner had agreed. See United States v. Nguyen, 46 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1995). Moreover, (1) Frowner did not object to the paragraphs of the PSR describing the prior robbery and drug offenses that made the career-offender enhancement applicable, see U.S.S.G. §§ 4B1.1, 4B1.2 comment. (n.l); United States v. Montanye, 996 F.2d 190, 192-93 (8th Cir. 1993) (en banc); (2) Apprendi does not apply because Frowner was sentenced to less than the statutory maximum of 25 years, see 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d); United States v. Miller, 295 F.3d 824, 827-28 (8th Cir. 2002); and (3) any failure of the district court to address each of Frowner’s objections was harmless, see Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(a). Following our independent review, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivo-lous issues.
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm.
. The HONORABLE ROBERT W. PRATT, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kenneth J. FROWNER, Also Known as Ken Dog, Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished