Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-09-05 16:00:28.089479+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 18-1349
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                              United States of America

                         lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

                                            v.

                                  Ricky Allen Smith

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                  for the Western District of Arkansas - Harrison
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                           Submitted: September 4, 2018
                             Filed: September 5, 2018
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      In this direct criminal appeal, Ricky Smith challenges the sentence the district
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court imposed after he pleaded guilty to drug charges. His counsel has moved to

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      The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Western District of Arkansas.
withdraw and submitted a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
arguing that the sentence was substantively unreasonable.

       After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose an
unreasonable sentence, as there was no indication that it overlooked a relevant 18
U.S.C. § 3553 factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing relevant
factors, see United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074, 1077 (8th Cir. 2012) (standard of
review); United States v. Wohlman, 651 F.3d 878, 887 (8th Cir. 2011); and the
sentence was within the Guidelines range, see United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d
754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014). Having independently reviewed the record pursuant to
Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.
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