United States of America v. William Rose, Sr.

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 15-1570
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
William Rose, Sr.
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas - Harrison
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Submitted: August 12, 2015
Filed: August 28, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
William Rose directly appeals after he pled guilty to a federal child-
pornography charge and the district court sentenced him below the calculated1
The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III, Chief Judge, United States District Court for1
the Western District of Arkansas.

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Guidelines range to eighteen months in prison. His counsel has moved to withdraw,
and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the
substantive reasonableness of Rose’s sentence.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court properly weighed the
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, and did not abuse its discretion in sentencing
Rose. See United States v. Franik, 687 F.3d 988, 990 (8th Cir. 2012) (standard of
review); see also United States v. Lazarski, 560 F.3d 731, 733 (8th Cir. 2009).
Further, having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488
U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues.
The judgment is affirmed, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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