United States v. Jaysen Lane Heyer, No. 18-1438 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam. Before Colloton, Gruender, and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Criminal Case - Anders. Sentence below the advisory Guidelines range was not unreasonable. Record refutes claim that Heyer did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea and that sentence constituted a breach of plea agreement. [ November 15, 2018
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-1438 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Jaysen Lane Heyer, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul ____________ Submitted: November 12, 2018 Filed: November 16, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Jaysen Heyer appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to a drug offense. His counsel has 1 The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota. moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable. In a pro se brief, Heyer argues that he did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea, that the plea agreement was breached, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose an unreasonable sentence. The sentence was below the advisory Guideline range. The court properly considered the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and there is no indication that the court committed a clear error of judgment in weighing relevant factors. See United States v. Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d 878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review); see also United States v. Torres-Ojeda, 829 F.3d 1027, 1030 (8th Cir. 2016). We further conclude that Heyer’s claims that he did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea and that the sentence constituted a breach of his plea agreement are refuted by his testimony at the plea hearing and the terms of the plea agreement. See Nguyen v. United States, 114 F.3d 699, 703 (8th Cir. 1997); see also United States v. Bahena, 223 F.3d 797, 806-07 (8th Cir. 2000). Additionally, we decline to consider Heyer’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in this direct appeal. See United States v. Hernandez, 281 F.3d 746, 749 (8th Cir. 2002). Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion and affirm. ______________________________ -2-
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