Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-03-23 16:00:52.83986+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 14-2369
                         ___________________________

                              United States of America

                         lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                            v.

                            Antonio Acevedo-Rodriguez

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
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                             Submitted: March 18, 2015
                               Filed: March 23, 2015
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Antonio Acevedo-Rodriguez directly appeals the 70-month sentence imposed
by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the country and

      1
        The Honorable Beth Phillips, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a brief filed under Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel argues that the district court erred by assessing 3
criminal history points for Acevedo’s November 1996 perjury conviction.

       After careful review, we affirm. See United States v. Delgado-Hernandez, 646
F.3d 562, 566 (8th Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (standard of review). The district court
properly determined that the perjury conviction involved a sentence of imprisonment
exceeding 1 year and 1 month--even though Acevedo alleged that he had served only
1 year of the 2-year prison sentence before being paroled--because criminal history
points are based on the sentence pronounced rather than the time actually served. See
U.S.S.G. §§ 4A1.1(a), 4A1.2(b) & comment. (n.2). The court also did not clearly err
in finding, based on Acevedo’s statement during his presentence interview, that he had
last reentered the country prior to May 2011. Because illegal reentry is an ongoing
offense for which relevant conduct is calculated from the date of the last reentry, see
Delgado-Hernandez, 646 F.3d at 567, Acevedo’s November 1996 perjury sentence
was imposed within 15 years of his commencement of this reentry offense, see
U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(e)(1) & comment. (n.8).

       Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,
80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, subject to
counsel informing appellant about the procedures for seeking rehearing from this
court and for filing a petition for writ of certiorari.
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