United States v. Jonathan Watkins
United States v. Jonathan Watkins
Opinion
United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________
No. 20-2107 ___________________________
United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Jonathan T. Watkins
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________
Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________
Submitted: December 4, 2020 Filed: December 9, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________
Before GRUENDER, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________
PER CURIAM.
Jonathan T. Watkins appeals the sentence imposed by the district court 1 after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. His counsel has moved
1 The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing the district court procedurally erred in applying an enhancement to his base offense level, and Watkins’s sentence is substantively unreasonable.
We conclude the district court did not err in applying the sentencing enhancement. See United States v. Kirlin, 859 F.3d 539, 543 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard of review); U.S.S.G. §§ 2K2.1(a)(2), 4B1.2(a). We also conclude the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing sentence under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard and discussing substantive reasonableness). Having reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel leave to withdraw. ______________________________
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