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Parties Involved:
Randolph D. Jackson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2863

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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 Missouri.

Randolph D. Jackson, * 

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: September 5, 2007

Filed: September 10, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Randolph D. Jackson appeals the 188-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed after he pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the possession of PCP with

intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Jackson’s counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the sentence is unreasonable.

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We disagree. The district court considered Jackson’s advisory Guidelines

imprisonment range (188-235 months as a career offender) along with other relevant

18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, and we find no abuse of discretion in the court’s sentence

determination. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 258-62 (2005) (§ 3553(a)

factors will guide reasonableness review); United States v. Haack, 403 F.3d 997,

1003-04 (8th Cir. 2005) (defining ways in which abuse of discretion may occur). 

Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm,

and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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