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Parties Involved:
Cornelius Anderson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit 

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No. 19-3106 

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v. 

Cornelius Anderson 

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville

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Submitted: May 27, 2020

Filed: June 4, 2020

[Unpublished] 

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Before KELLY, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

The district court1

 gave Cornelius Anderson a 60-month prison sentence for

conspiring to sell stolen firearms. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 922(j). In an Anders brief, 

1

The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the 

Western District of Arkansas.

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Anderson’s counsel seeks permission to withdraw and challenges a sentence

enhancement for trafficking firearms and the lack of a reduction for acceptance of 

responsibility. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

There is adequate support in the record for the firearms-trafficking 

enhancement. See United States v. Willett, 623 F.3d 546, 548–49 (8th Cir. 2010) 

(discussing the standard of review); see also U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5). Anderson’s 

plea stipulations and other evidence established that he personally facilitated the sale 

of at least two stolen firearms. See Willett, 623 F.3d at 549. The district court also 

had reason to deny an acceptance-of-responsibility reduction, because Anderson 

later attempted to deny at sentencing what he had already admitted in his plea 

agreement. See United States v. Davis, 875 F.3d 869, 875 (8th Cir. 2017) (affirming 

the denial of a reduction because the defendant had “denied much of the conduct 

relevant to her convictions”). 

Finally, we have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 

488 U.S. 75 (1988), and conclude that there are no other non-frivolous issues for 

appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment and grant counsel permission to 

withdraw.

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