US v. David Tate
Filing
920090625
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-4665
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DAVID ALLEN TATE, Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg, District Judge. (1:06-cr-00025-LHT)
Submitted:
May 28, 2009
Decided:
June 25, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John J. Nickerson, THE NICKERSON LAW FIRM, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Richard Lee Edwards, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: David Allen Tate was convicted of possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2006), and was sentenced to 110 months in prison. Tate now appeals. His
attorney has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), stating that there are no meritorious issues for appeal. Tate was advised of his right to file a pro se
supplemental brief but did not file such a brief. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient to
sustain Tate's conviction. U.S. 60, 80 (1942).
See Glasser v. United States, 315
Officers executed a search warrant at a
residence, where they discovered a loaded revolver in a clothes basket. Tate admitted to authorities that he had agreed to hold It was stipulated that Tate had punishable by a term of
the gun for another individual. been convicted of an
offense
imprisonment of more than one year and that the gun in question had traveled in interstate commerce. We further conclude that Tate's sentence was
procedurally and substantively reasonable. States, 128 S. Ct. 586, 597-98 (2007). correctly U.S.C. calculated the Guidelines factors,
See Gall v. United
We note that the court considered the 18 its
range,
§ 3553(a)
(2006)
and
adequately
stated
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reasons for imposing sentence.
See United States v. Pauley, 511
F.3d 468, 473-74 (4th Cir. 2007). * We have reviewed the entire record in accordance with Anders appeal. and have not identified any meritorious issues for
Accordingly, we affirm. This court requires counsel to
inform his client, in writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If the
client requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's
motion must state that a copy of the motion was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal questions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not significantly aid the
decisional process. AFFIRMED
To the extent that there was a violation of Kimbrough v. United States, 128 S. Ct. 558 (2007), we note that Tate failed to establish plain error in connection with the violation. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 731-32 (1993); United States v. White, 405 F.3d 208, 215 (4th Cir. 2005). Our recent decision in United States v. Antonio, 311 F. App'x 679 (4th Cir. 2009) (No. 07-4791) (unpublished), does not alter this conclusion.
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