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Parties Involved:
Juan Carlos Contreras Tafolla
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-1062

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * Southern District of Iowa.

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Juan Carlos Contreras Tafolla, * [UNPUBLISHED]

also known as Juan Mendoza, *

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: May 1, 2007

Filed: May 3, 2007 

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

A jury found Juan Carlos Contreras Tafolla guilty of four methamphetaminetrafficking offenses, and the district court1

 sentenced him to 180 months in prison and

5 years of supervised release. On appeal, his counsel has filed a brief under Anders

v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and has moved to withdraw, and Tafolla has filed

a pro se supplemental brief. They argue that the evidence was insufficient, but we

conclude that the evidence, which must be viewed in the light most favorable to the

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government, was sufficient for the jury to find the elements of each of the crimes

beyond a reasonable doubt. See United States v. Sanchez-Garcia, 461 F.3d 939, 945

(8th Cir. 2006) (standard of review). After reviewing the record independently

pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we

grant counsel’s withdrawal motion.

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