United States of America v. Dewuan C. Williams

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 16-3921
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Dewuan C. Williams
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: June 12, 2017
Filed: June 15, 2017
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Dewuan C. Williams directly appeals the sentence he received after pleading
guilty to a felon-in-possession offense. His counsel has filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), in which she argues that Williams’s sentence is
unreasonable and requests leave to withdraw.

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Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court 1 did not impose an
unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir.
2009) (en banc) (explaining that sentences are reviewed under deferential abuse-of-
discretion standard and discussing substantive reasonableness). In addition, having
independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988),
we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to
withdraw, and we affirm Williams’s sentence.
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1 The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
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