United States of America v. Stephen Roshon Dorsey

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 15-1166
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Stephen Roshon Dorsey
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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No. 15-1167
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Kenneth Williams
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Appeals from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
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Submitted: July 1, 2015
Filed: July 7, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
These are consolidated direct criminal appeals from judgments entered by the
district court. Stephen Dorsey and Kenneth Williams each pled guilty to distributing1
cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),
(b)(1)(C), and 860(a), and each was sentenced by the district court at the bottom of
his calculated Guidelines range. Their attorneys have moved for leave to withdraw,
and have filed briefs under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging
the substantive reasonableness of the respective sentences. Having jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
This court concludes that the district court did not impose a substantively
unreasonable sentence in either case. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074,
1076-77 (8th Cir. 2012) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions); see
also United States v. Cook, 698 F.3d 667, 670 (8th Cir. 2012) (on appeal, applying
presumption of reasonableness to within-Guidelines-range sentence). An
independent review of both records reveals no nonfrivolous issues. See Penson v.
Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988)
The judgments in both cases are affirmed. Counsels’ motions to withdraw are
granted.
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The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for1
the Northern District of Iowa.
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