United States v. Myles Schwitzer

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States v. Myles Schwitzer

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-2214 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Myles Schwitzer

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids ____________

Submitted: January 23, 2020 Filed: January 28, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before SHEPHERD, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Myles Schwitzer pleaded guilty to using a communication facility to commit a felony drug crime, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), and received a within-Guidelines-range sentence of three years of probation. In an Anders brief, Schwitzer’s counsel identifies the substantive reasonableness of the sentence as an issue for us to consider on appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

We conclude that Schwitzer’s sentence is substantively reasonable. See United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (stating that a within- Guidelines-range sentence is presumptively reasonable). The record establishes that the district court 1 sufficiently considered the statutory sentencing factors, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and did not rely on an improper factor or commit a clear error of judgment. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc).

We have also independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and conclude that there are no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. ______________________________

1 The Honorable C.J. Williams, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. -2-

Reference

Status
Unpublished