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Parties Involved:
Anthony Arnez Sanford
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3432

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Southern District of Iowa.

Anthony Arnez Sanford, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: June 15, 2005 

Filed: July 5, 2005

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Before MELLOY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Anthony Sanford challenges the sentence the district court1

 imposed after he

pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy. His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a

brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that it was plain error

under Blakely v. Washington, 124 S. Ct. 2531 (2004), for the court to assess two

criminal history points based on Sanford’s probationary status at the time he

committed the instant offense.

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This argument fails. A jury need not find the fact of a prior conviction, see

United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738, 755-56 (2005), and Sanford did not object

to the presentence report’s factual determination that he was on probation for a prior

conviction when he committed the instant offense, see United States v. Speller, 356

F.3d 904, 907 (8th Cir. 2004). 

Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant

counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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