United States v. Willie Haynes

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States v. Willie Haynes, 367 F. App'x 717 (8th Cir. 2010)

United States v. Willie Haynes

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

After Willie Haynes pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute' five grams or more of cocaine base, the District Court 1 varied below the advisory Guidelines sentencing range triggered by Haynes’s career-offender status and sentenced him to 188 months in prison and eight years of supervised release. In a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel moves to withdraw and argues that the District Court erred at sentencing by denying Haynes’s motion for a departure or variance to 120 months in prison. Haynes has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.

We do not review the District Court’s discretionary decision not to grant a downward departure under section 4A1.3 of the sentencing Guidelines, see United States v. Butler, 594 F.3d 955, 966-68 (8th Cir. 2010), and the Court’s sentence is not an abuse of discretion, see United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc); United States v. Haack, 403 F.3d 997, 1002-03 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 913, 126 S.Ct. 276, 163 L.Ed.2d 246 (2005). Further, having reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for review.

Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

1

. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Willie B. HAYNES, Appellant
Status
Unpublished