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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Faraon ROBLEDO-RIVERA, (D.N.M.) Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-2287.
    United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
    July 11, 2007.
    David N. Williams, Asst. U.S. Attorney, David C. Iglesias, U.S. Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Stephen P. McCue, Fed. Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, James N. Langell, Federal Public Defender Office, Las Cruces, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER AND JUDGMENT

MONROE G. McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant pleaded guilty to illegal reentry of a deported alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b)(2). Defendant was sentenced to fifty-seven months’ imprisonment, the bottom of the applicable advisory Guidelines’ range. Defendant challenges the length of his sentence.

Defense counsel has filed a motion to withdraw and a brief in support of that motion in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Counsel asserts that Defendant’s ground for appeal is without merit and that there are no other non-frivolous issues for appeal.

We agree with counsel that the district court correctly calculated the Guidelines’ range and imposed a reasonable sentence. Although Defendant did argue at sentencing that he “was fooled and deceived” about the possible length of his sentence and “need[ed] another lawyer” as a result (Sent’g Hr’g at 4), there is no evidence in the record to support that allegation. There was extensive examination at the plea hearing regarding Defendant’s understanding of the charge and possible sentence ranges applicable as a result of his criminal history. Defendant acknowledged that those ranges were only a “best guess” (Plea Hr’g at 12) and that at sentencing he could “get a more severe sentence” (id. at 13). Defendant also stated that he was satisfied with his attorney’s representation and had knowingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty after adequate discussion with his attorney. At sentencing, Defendant reconfirmed his statements of guilt and acknowledged that his offense level and criminal history category were properly calculated. In addition, the sentencing court considered Defendant’s history of robbery, the pre-sentence report, and the § 3553 factors before sentencing Defendant at the bottom of the correctly-calculated Guidelines’ range.

After fully examining the record and considering the Anders brief filed by Defendant’s counsel, we conclude that there are no non-frivolous issues upon which Defendant may base his appeal. We can discern no basis for challenging his guilty plea or his sentence. We therefore GRANT counsel’s motion to withdraw and AFFIRM the judgment and sentence. 
      
       This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.