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Parties Involved:
Stephen Roshon Dorsey
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1166

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Stephen Roshon Dorsey

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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No. 15-1167

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Kenneth Williams

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeals from United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids

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 Submitted: July 1, 2015

Filed: July 7, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Appellate Case: 15-1166 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/07/2015 Entry ID: 4292317 
Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

These are consolidated direct criminal appeals from judgments entered by the

district court. Stephen Dorsey and Kenneth Williams each pled guilty to distributing

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cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),

(b)(1)(C), and 860(a), and each was sentenced by the district court at the bottom of

his calculated Guidelines range. Their attorneys have moved for leave to withdraw,

and have filed briefs under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging

the substantive reasonableness ofthe respective sentences. Having jurisdiction under

28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms. 

This court concludes that the district court did not impose a substantively

unreasonable sentence in either case. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074,

1076-77 (8th Cir. 2012) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions); see

also United States v. Cook, 698 F.3d 667, 670 (8th Cir. 2012) (on appeal, applying

presumption of reasonableness to within-Guidelines-range sentence). An

independent review of both records reveals no nonfrivolous issues. See Penson v.

Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988)

The judgments in both cases are affirmed. Counsels’ motions to withdraw are

granted.

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The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

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the Northern District of Iowa. 

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Appellate Case: 15-1166 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/07/2015 Entry ID: 4292317