US v. Kevin Minor

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--terminating Motion to dismiss appeal [998327733-2] Originating case number: 8:06-cr-00028-DKC-2 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998487901] [09-4878]

US v. Kevin Minor

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-4878 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. KEVIN BERNARD MINOR, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge. (8:06-cr-00028-DKC-2) Submitted: November 29, 2010 Decided: December 20, 2010

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Dismissed in part; affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Arthur S. Cheslock, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Barbara Suzanne Skalla, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Kevin Bernard Minor pled guilty pursuant to a written plea agreement to conspiracy to distribute and possess with

intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and fifty grams or more of cocaine base, and to being a felon in

possession of a firearm.

Minor was sentenced to 138 months of

imprisonment for the drug charge and to a concurrent term of ten years on the gun charge. On appeal, counsel has filed a brief

pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting there are no meritorious grounds for appeal, but raising the following issues: (1) whether Minor's guilty plea was adequate, and (2) whether Minor was properly sentenced. has filed a motion to dismiss. The Government

For the reasons that follow, we

dismiss in part and affirm in part. We agree with the Government that Minor knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal his sentence in his plea agreement, except for conditions not extant in this appeal.

United States v. Broughton-Jones, 71 F.3d 1143, 1146 (4th Cir. 1995). This appeal waiver was specifically reviewed at Minor's

plea hearing, which generally complied with Fed. R. Crim. P. 11. United States v. General, 278 F.3d 389, 400 (4th Cir. 2002). Because Minor waived only his right to appeal his sentence,

however, we grant only the Government's motion to dismiss the appeal of Minor's sentence. 2

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The issues raised in counsel's Anders brief fail for the reasons previously discussed: Minor's plea hearing contained no reversible error and Minor waived appellate review of his sentence. In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the

record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm Minor's convictions. This court

requires that counsel inform Minor, in writing, of the right to petition review. the Supreme Court of the United States for further

If Minor 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 Minor. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal before contentions the court are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the materials decisional

would

process. DISMISSED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART

brief.

Despite notice, Minor has not filed a pro se supplemental

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