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Parties Involved:
Joshua Kain Smith
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1995

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Joshua Kain Smith

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City

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 Submitted: December 15, 2015

Filed: January 4, 2016 

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Joshua Smith appeals from the sentence imposed by the District Court after 1

he pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of an adult and attempted sex trafficking of an

The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western 1

District of Missouri.

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adult. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the court erred in imposing restitution

of $23,406. Because Smith did not object to the amount of restitution at sentencing,

we review only for plain error. See United States v. Louper-Morris, 672 F.3d 539,

566 (8th Cir. 2012) (standard of review). We find no such error. See 18 U.S.C.

§ 3663A (requiring the court to order that restitution be made to an identifiable victim

if the defendant is convicted of, inter alia, a crime of violence). We have reviewed

the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and we find no

nonfrivolous issues for appeal.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. 

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