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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Gregory Willis
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Donald J. Stohr, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1498

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Eastern

v. * District of Missouri.

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Gregory Willis, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: May 5, 2006

Filed: May 11, 2006

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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Gregory Willis appeals the 180-month prison sentence the district court*

imposed after Willis pleaded guilty to bank robbery. On appeal, counsel has moved

to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). 

To the extent the Anders brief can be read to challenge the reasonableness of

the sentence imposed, Willis’s argument fails. See United States v. Dalton, 404 F.3d

1029, 1032 (8th Cir. 2005) (reasonableness standard of review under United States v.

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Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), is equivalent to abuse-of-discretion standard of review).

The sentence was within the properly calculated Guidelines range, and there is nothing

in the record to suggest Willis could meet his burden to rebut the presumption of

reasonableness. See United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th Cir.)

(sentence within Guidelines range is presumptively reasonable; defendant bears

burden to rebut presumption of reasonableness), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 840 (2005).

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

conclude there are no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s

judgment and grant counsel's motion to withdraw. 

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