Court Opinion

ID: 4219122
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-11-09 17:00:32.225671+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:24:19.523281
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 17-1715
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                             United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

          Guillermo Chan Sanchez, also known as Guillermo Sanchez Chan

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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                           Submitted: November 1, 2017
                             Filed: November 9, 2017
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

     Guillermo Chan Sanchez directly appeals the sentence the district court1
imposed after he pleaded guilty to immigration and drug offenses. His counsel has

      1
      The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), suggesting that the sentence is substantively unreasonable.

       After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a
substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d
878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions). In
addition, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S.
75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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