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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Chucky L. Wanton
Appellant

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. 06-3502

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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.

Chucky L. Wanton, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: September 27, 2007

Filed: October 18, 2007

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Chucky L. Wanton appeals the 135-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed after he pleaded guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of crack cocaine

in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(iii). In a brief filed under Anders

v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Wanton’s counsel seeks to withdraw and questions

the sentence’s reasonableness. 

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We conclude that Wanton’s sentence--at the bottom of the applicable

Guidelines range, and imposed following proper consideration of the 18 U.S.C.

§ 3553(a) factors--is not unreasonable. See Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456,

2467-68 (2007) (allowing appellate presumption of reasonableness for sentences

within Guidelines range); United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 261 (2005)

(appellate courts review sentences for unreasonableness using § 3553(a) as guide).

After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80

(1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. 

Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we affirm.

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