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Parties Involved:
John Cogbill
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Western District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1999

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Arkansas.

John Cogbill, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: February 10, 2005

Filed: February 16, 2005 

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Before BYE, RILEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After John Cogbill (Cogbill) pled guilty to possessing cocaine base with intent

to distribute, the district court1

 sentenced him–in accordance with his plea agreement–

to the mandatory statutory minimum of 120 months imprisonment. See 21 U.S.C.

§ 841(b)(1)(A). Cogbill appeals. His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a

brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Having carefully reviewed the

record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues.

See United States v. Reyes-Contreras, 349 F.3d 524, 525 (8th Cir. 2003) (per curiam)

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(defendant who received 10-year prison sentence could not challenge conviction or

sentence on appeal because he acknowledged that, by pleading guilty, he was

subjecting himself to statutory minimum penalty of 10 years imprisonment); United

States v. Dabney, 367 F.3d 1040, 1044 (8th Cir. 2004) (holding a district court’s

refusal to grant a downward departure is unreviewable unless based on an

unconstitutional motive or an erroneous belief it lacked authority to depart).

Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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