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Parties Involved:
David Charles Schaer
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-3168

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

David Charles Schaer

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids

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 Submitted: May 26, 2015

Filed: June 1, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

A jury found David Charles Schaer guilty of conspiring to distribute

methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846. The

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district court1

 sentenced him to 110 months in prison, followed by 5 years of

supervised release. Counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), raising several issues, which Schaer repeats in a pro se supplemental brief. 

Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

This court rejects each of the arguments raised, because (1) the evidence was

sufficient to sustain Schaer’s conviction, see United States v. Ortega, 750 F.3d 1020,

1023-24 (8th Cir. 2014); (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in overruling

Schaer’s objection to the admission of evidence, see United States v. Augustine, 663

F.3d 367, 372 (8th Cir. 2011); (3) the parties stipulated to Schaer’s base offense level,

and therefore this court will not review the issue of drug quantity, see United States

v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 733 (1993); (4) the district court did not plainly err in failing

to apply, sua sponte, a mitigating-role reduction, see United States v. Marquez, 605

F.3d 604, 611 (8th Cir. 2010); and (5) nothing in the record suggests that the 110-

month prison sentence, at the bottom of the Guidelines range, was unreasonable, see

United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc). An

independent review under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), reveals no

nonfrivolous issues. 

The judgment is affirmed. 

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The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Northern District of Iowa.

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