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Parties Involved:
Victor Manuel Moreno Servin
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-4147

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Victor Manuel Moreno Servin, *

also known as Jose Alfredo Martinez, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 7, 2005

Filed: October 13, 2005

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Before MELLOY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Victor Manuel Moreno Servin pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine,

in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and the district court1

 sentenced him to 51

months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. On appeal, his counsel has filed

a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel argues that the

district court erred in determining the drug quantity for which Servin was responsible

and sentencing him accordingly.

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We conclude that the district court did not clearly err in finding the drug

quantity attributable to Servin. See United States v. Milton, 153 F.3d 891, 898 (8th

Cir. 1998) (standard of review), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1165 (1999). The district court

heard live testimony from Servin and an individual to whom he had distributed drugs,

and the court’s decision to discredit Servin’s denials in favor of the other witness’s

testimony was not clear error. See Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564,

575 (1985) (credibility determinations are virtually never clear error). A conservative

drug-quantity estimate drawn from that witness’s testimony falls well within the 50-

to-200-gram range used to establish Servin’s base offense level.

Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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