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Parties Involved:
Leticia Maria Caballero
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-3798

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Northern District of Iowa.

Leticia Maria Caballero, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: December 7, 2007

Filed: December 13, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Leticia Caballero appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed following her

guilty plea to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture

in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and to possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams

or more of methamphetamine mixture in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Caballero

was sentenced to serve two concurrent terms of 120 months in prison (the statutory

mandatory minimum) and 5 years of supervised release. Caballero’s counsel has

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United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005).

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moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), arguing that Caballero’s sentence is unreasonable.

 

Caballero’s sentence is not unreasonable because in these circumstances the

district court did not have discretion to impose a sentence below the mandatory

minimum sentence. See United States v. Gregg, 451 F.3d 930, 937 (8th Cir. 2006)

(rejecting argument that district court had discretion to impose non-Guidelines

sentence when portion of sentence is result of mandatory minimum sentence;

“Booker2

 does not relate to statutorily-imposed sentences”); United States v. Chacon,

330 F.3d 1065, 1066 (8th Cir. 2003) (only authority for district court to depart from

statutory minimum sentence is found in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and (f), which apply only

when government makes motion for substantial assistance or defendant qualifies for

safety-valve relief).

After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to

withdraw, and the judgment is affirmed. 

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