United States v. Gonzalo Romero-Madera, No. 14-1788 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. Anders case. Sentence was not unreasonable.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-1788 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Gonzalo Romero-Madera lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville ____________ Submitted: September 5, 2014 Filed: September 23, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Gonzalo Romero-Madera appeals from the within-Guidelines-range sentence that the District Court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel 1 The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the reasonableness of Romero-Madera s sentence. After careful review, we conclude that the District Court did not impose an unreasonable sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552U.S. 38, 51 (2007) (describing appellate review of sentencing decisions and noting that if a sentence is within the Guidelines range, the court of appeals may apply a presumption of reasonableness). Further, having independently reviewed the record in accordance with Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues. We therefore affirm the judgment of the District Court, and we grant counsel s motion to withdraw subject to counsel informing Romero-Madera about procedures for seeking rehearing or filing a petition for certiorari. ______________________________ -2-
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