Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavina Mae KNIPP, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-16
Citations: 66 F. App'x 496
Docket Number: No. 03-4059
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavina Mae KNIPP, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WTDENER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 66
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavina Mae KNIPP, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-4059.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 5, 2003.
Decided June 16, 2003.
Mary Lou Newberger, Federal Public Defender, George H. Lancaster, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Kasey Warner, United States Attorney, John J. Frail, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WTDENER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Lavina Mae Knipp appeals her conviction following a guilty plea to a criminal information charging her with interstate travel to promote drug distribution in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3) (2000) and sentence to six months in prison and three years of supervised release, including a six-month term of home confinement as a special condition of supervised release. We affirm.
Knipp's counsel filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). In the Anders brief, Knipp's counsel briefed two issues, both of which counsel ultimately concluded were not meritorious: (1) whether the district court erred in accepting Knipp's guilty plea without specifically advising Knipp of its obligation to apply the sentencing guidelines and its discretion to depart therefrom; and (2) whether the factual basis for the guilty plea demonstrated a showing of continuity necessary to establish a business enterprise under 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3). Knipp was informed of her right to file a pro se supplemental brief and failed to do so.
We review violations of Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 for plain error where, as in this case, the Defendant did not move in district court to withdraw her guilty plea. See United States v. Martinez, 277 F.3d 517, 524-27 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 899, 123 U.S. 200, 154 L.Ed.2d 169 (2002). Under this standard, we exercise our discretion only to correct errors that are plain, material, or affecting substantial rights, and that seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id. at 524 (citing United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 731-32, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993)). We have reviewed the record and find no error in the district court's explanation of its obligation to sentence Knipp under the sentencing guidelines. Further, Knipp's responses during the Rule 11 colloquy constituted an admission that she performed an act that promoted or facilitated a drug conspiracy involving a continuing course of conduct, providing an adequate factual basis for her plea. See United States v. Rawle, 845 F.2d 1244, 1248-49 (4th Cir.1988).
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire record and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm Knipp's conviction and sentence. We require that counsel inform his client, in writing, of her right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If the client requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.