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Parties Involved:
Jorge Hernandez-Reyes
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-4024

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Jorge Hernandez-Reyes, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: January 5, 2007

Filed: January 11, 2007

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Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jorge Hernandez-Reyes appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed after

he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a

methamphetamine mixture in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1), and one count

of criminal forfeiture. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) warrants

a more lenient sentence than the 78-month prison sentence imposed.

 

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We conclude that the sentence is not unreasonable: the district court properly

considered the section 3553(a) factors in sentencing Hernandez-Reyes at the bottom

of the Guidelines range, and we see nothing in the record to rebut the presumption that

the sentence is reasonable. See United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th

Cir.) (when sentence is within Guidelines range, defendant bears burden to rebut

presumption of reasonableness; burden is satisfied by showing, with reference to

§ 3553(a), that district court based sentence on improper or irrelevant factor or failed

to consider relevant factor), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 840 (2005).

Having reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we

find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment, we

grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we deny Hernandez-Reyes’s motion for

appointment of new counsel.

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