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Parties Involved:
Michael Lee Clark
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-4062

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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.

Michael Lee Clark, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 23, 2004

Filed: December 14, 2004

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Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Michael Lee Clark appeals from the final judgment entered by the district

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 upon his guilty plea to traveling in interstate commerce on or about April 5,

2003, to engage in a sexual act, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2246(2)(B), with a person

under the age of 18 years, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b). On appeal, his counsel

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

(1967). We affirm.

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As relevant, at sentencing the district court calculated a Category III criminal

history based on 4 criminal history points, which included 3 points for 1987 theft and

attempted-theft convictions resulting in a 4-year prison sentence from which Clark

was released on August 3, 1992. The court sentenced Clark to 64 months

imprisonment and 3 years supervised release, and imposed a $2,500 fine. On appeal,

counsel argues, as he did below, that Clark’s 1987 convictions should not have been

counted in computing his criminal history category because they were too dated. See

U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(e)(1) (“Any prior sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year and

one month that was imposed within fifteen years of the defendant’s commencement

of the instant offense is counted.”).

We conclude that the district court properly assigned criminal history points

based on the prison sentence Clark received for his 1987 convictions: he was

incarcerated on the convictions until August 3, 1992, and he committed the instant

offense on April 5, 2003. See id. (“[C]ount any prior sentence of imprisonment

exceeding one year and one month, whenever imposed, that resulted in the defendant

being incarcerated during any part of such fifteen year period.”).

Having found no nonfrivolous issues after reviewing the record independently

under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we affirm. We hold counsel’s motion

to withdraw in abeyance.

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