Court Opinion

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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
                                     ___________

                                     No. 04-2496
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United States of America,                 *
                                          *
             Appellee,                    *
                                          * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                  * District Court for the
                                          * Eastern District of Arkansas.
Jonathan Lakeith Moore,                   *
                                          * [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                   *
                                     ___________

                              Submitted: June 7, 2005
                                 Filed: June 15, 2005
                                  ___________

Before MELLOY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
                           ___________

PER CURIAM.

       After the government charged Jonathan Moore with knowingly making a false
written statement intended or likely to deceive a licensed firearms dealer, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6), Moore filed a motion to dismiss the indictment. The district
court1 overruled the motion, and Moore later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5
years probation and 6 months home detention. On appeal, Moore argues that the
indictment failed to state a crime and that the statute as applied was unconstitutionally
vague because Moore reasonably could have believed he was answering truthfully

      1
       The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
when he listed himself as the actual buyer on the ATF form at issue. Moore also
argues that an obstruction-of-justice sentencing enhancement was improperly applied.
Lastly, Moore's counsel filed a portion of his appellate brief pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asking this Court to review the record to determine
whether there exist any nonfrivolous issues under Blakely v. Washington, 124 S. Ct.
2531 (2004), which would benefit Moore, and if so, to grant him leave to withdraw
from pursuing the appeal on all issues relating to Blakely.

       Moore’s challenge to the statute and his indictment is foreclosed by our recent
decision in United States v. Blake, 394 F.3d 1089, 1090-91 (8th Cir. 2005) (affirming
denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss indictment charging him under § 922(a)(6)
for representing on ATF form that he was actual buyer of firearms; district court
properly held that statute was not unconstitutionally vague and defendant’s “straw
purchases” of firearms on behalf of others who provided purchaser money clearly
violated § 922(a)(6)); United States v. Kirchoff, 387 F.3d 748, 750 (8th Cir. 2004)
(denial of motion to dismiss indictment reviewed de novo), petition for cert. filed, No.
04-9167 (U.S. Mar. 14, 2005). As to the obstruction-of-justice enhancement, this is
a matter that we will not review because the district court departed below the
Sentencing Guidelines range that would have been applicable absent the
enhancement. See United States v. Baker, 64 F.3d 439, 441 (8th Cir. 1995).

      Having carefully reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80
(1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues relating to Blakely. Accordingly, we grant
counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm.
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