US v. Banos, No. 06-4625 (4th Cir. 2007)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 06-4625 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus BERNABE MARCELLO Alberto Hernandez, BANOS, a/k/a Guillermo Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:05-cr-00374-JAB) Submitted: June 15, 2007 Decided: June 19, 2007 Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Ames C. Chamberlin, LAW OFFICES OF AMES C. CHAMBERLIN, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael Francis Joseph, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Bernabe Marcello Banos pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and reentry of a deported felon. The district court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 120 months imprisonment, the statutory mandatory minimum for the drug offenses. See 21 U.S.C. ยง 841(b)(1)(B) (2000). On appeal, counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), contending that no meritorious issues exist for appeal but suggesting that the district court imposed an unreasonable sentence under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). Although informed of his right to file a pro se supplemental brief, Banos has not done so. Banos was sentenced at the bottom of his advisory guideline range and at the statutory mandatory minimum sentence of ten years on the drug charges. Banos made no showing either at sentencing or on appeal to overcome the presumption that a sentence within the guideline conviction. Cir.), was reasonable for his reentry See United States v. Green, 436 F.3d 449, 456-57 (4th cert. denied, methamphetamine discretion range to 126 S. convictions, sentence Ct. the below the 2309 (2006). district court statutory As for possessed mandatory the no minimum sentence, because Booker did nothing to alter the rule that judges cannot depart below a statutorily provided minimum sentence. - 2 - United States v. Robinson, 404 F.3d 850, 862 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 288 (2005). In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. therefore affirm Banos convictions and sentence. We This court requires that counsel inform Banos, in writing, of the right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Banos requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel s motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Banos. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED - 3 -
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