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Parties Involved:
Jeremy Nance
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the

District of Nebraska. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-3164

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Nebraska.

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Jeremy Nance, also known as Frog, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 19, 2010

Filed: March 26, 2010

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Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jeremy Nance appeals the judgment of the district court1

 entered upon a jury

verdict finding him guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to

distribute 5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount

of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1) and 846, and 18 U.S.C.

§ 2 (Count I), and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base on October 25,

2008, and on November 4, 2008, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1) and 18

U.S.C. § 2 (Counts II and III); and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 120 months

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in prison on all three counts, and 8 years of supervised release on Count I, with

concurrent terms of 6 years of supervised release on Counts II and III. Defense

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

the sufficiency of the evidence and the reasonableness of the sentence. 

Following de novo review, considering the facts and resolving evidentiary

conflicts in the light most favorable to the verdict, see United States v. Lewis, 593

F.3d 765, 769-70 (8th Cir. 2010), we conclude that the evidence was sufficient. The

trial included the testimony of cooperating witness Antwan Wright--as corroborated

by several law enforcement officials who conducted visual and audio surveillance--

that Wright sold Nance distribution quantities of cocaine base, once or twice every

few weeks, over several months. Wright also testified that he sold Nance an eighth

of an ounce of cocaine base on both October 25 and November 4, 2008. This

evidence was sufficient for a reasonable jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that

Nance was guilty of the offenses charged in the indictment. See United States v.

Parker, 587 F.3d 871, 880-81 (8th Cir. 2009) (elements of conspiracy and possessionwith-intent-to-distribute offenses); United States v. Coleman, 584 F.3d 1121, 1125

(8th Cir. 2009) (reviewing court does not weigh evidence or assess witness

credibility). 

In addition, the district court did not err in sentencing Nance to 120 months in

prison, the statutory minimum applicable to Count I. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B)

and 851; United States v. Diaz, 546 F.3d 566, 568 (8th Cir. 2008) (review of district

court’s interpretation and application of Sentencing Guidelines is de novo, and if

analysis is procedurally sound, then substantive reasonableness of sentence imposed

is considered, applying abuse-of-discretion standard; where statutorily required

minimum sentence is greater than maximum of applicable guideline range, statutorily

required minimum sentence shall be guideline sentence); United States v. Chacon, 330

F.3d 1065, 1066 (8th Cir. 2003) (limited authority for court to depart below statutory

minimum sentence).

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Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm, and we

grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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