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Parties Involved:
Alfredo Garcia
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-4118

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the 

* District of Nebraska.

Alfredo Garcia, also known as * [UNPUBLISHED]

Alfredo Garcia Hill, *

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: December 23, 2005 

Filed: December 28, 2005

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Before MELLOY, HANSEN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

A jury found Alfredo Garcia guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with

intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§ 846, and the district court1

 sentenced him to 276 months in prison and 5 years of

supervised release. On appeal, Garcia’s counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a

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brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). For the reasons discussed

below, we grant counsel’s motion and affirm.

We reject counsel’s argument that the district court abused its discretion by

granting the government’s motion in limine in part and prohibiting any party from

referring to the government’s decision not to call a particular witness unless the party

showed the relevance of the reference. See Fed. R. Evid. 402 (only relevant evidence

is admissible); United States v. Gianakos, 415 F.3d 912, 919 (8th Cir. 2005) (standard

of review), cert. denied, 74 U.S.L.W. 3323 (U.S. Nov. 28, 2005) (No. 05-7081).

Having found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal after reviewing the record

independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we affirm the judgment of

the district court and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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