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Parties Involved:
Humberto Gonzalez Martinez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Garnett Thomas Eisele, United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 10-1634

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Humberto Gonzalez Martinez, also *

known as Alberto Gutierrez Galvan, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: August 5, 2010

Filed: August 12, 2010

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Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Humberto Martinez directly appeals after the district court1

 sentenced him to

ten years in prison upon his guilty plea to knowingly and intentionally conspiring to

distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine,

in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846. Counsel has moved to

withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),

challenging the reasonableness of the sentence.

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We note that the district court did not have authority to sentence Martinez

below the statutory minimum of ten years in prison because the government had not

moved for a departure based on substantial assistance and Martinez was not eligible

for safety-valve relief. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) (mandatory minimum term of

imprisonment of ten years for listed offenses); 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) (upon

government’s motion, court can impose sentence below statutory minimum sentence

to reflect defendant’s substantial assistance), (f) (court shall impose sentence pursuant

to Guidelines, without regard to statutory minimum sentence, if court finds, inter alia,

that defendant does not have more than one criminal history point and prior to

sentencing hearing defendant truthfully provided to government all information and

evidence defendant has concerning offenses that were part of same course of conduct);

United States v. Chacon, 330 F.3d 1065, 1066 (8th Cir. 2003) (only authority to depart

from statutory minimum is found in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and (f)); see also United

States v. Gregg, 451 F.3d 930, 937 (8th Cir. 2006) (United States v. Booker, 543 U.S.

220 (2005), does not relate to statutorily-imposed sentences).

Upon our independent review under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988),

we have found no nonfrivolous issue. Thus, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw

and we affirm the judgment.

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