Court Opinion

ID: 9961697
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-04-19 16:00:50.92745+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:44.172466
License: Public Domain

United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 23-3149
                         ___________________________

                              United States of America

                         lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

                                            v.

                                Jason William Ballou

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
                                       ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Iowa
                                 ____________

                             Submitted: April 16, 2024
                               Filed: April 19, 2024
                                   [Unpublished]
                                  ____________

Before BENTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
                           ____________

PER CURIAM.

      Jason Ballou appeals after he pled guilty to a firearm offense and the district
     1
court imposed a sentence within the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual

         1
       The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, then Chief Judge, now United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
range. His counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
and seeks leave to withdraw.

      After careful independent review under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988),
we find no basis for a nonfrivolous challenge to Ballou’s conviction, and we also
conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Ballou.
See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc)
(standard of review); see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760-61 (8th
Cir. 2014) (“A sentence which falls within the guideline range is presumed to be
reasonable[.]”) Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw and affirm.
                       ______________________________

                                         -2-