United States v. Jarvis Miranda

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: Raymond W. Gruender, Duane Benton and Jane Kelly (UNPUBLISHED); Granting [4299536-2] motion to withdraw as counsel filed by Mr. Stephen C. Parker, Jr.. [4352848] [15-2354]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 15-2354
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Jarvis Miranda, also known as Crazy
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
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Submitted: December 31, 2015
Filed: January 6, 2016
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, BENTON and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Jarvis Miranda directly appeals after he pled guilty to a drug-conspiracy
offense and a felon-in-possession offense and the district court1 sentenced him to a
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The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Arkansas.

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total of 293 months in prison, upon imposing two partially consecutive prison terms.
His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the district court imposed a
substantively unreasonable sentence.
After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a
substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074,
1076-77 (8th Cir. 2012) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions); see
also 18 U.S.C. § 3584 (if multiple terms of imprisonment are imposed at same time,
terms may run concurrently or consecutively; as to each offense court shall consider
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors). Furthermore, having independently reviewed the record
pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues.
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm.
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