United States of America v. Laquetta Hughes

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 17-1758
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Laquetta Hughes
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Waterloo
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Submitted: October 5, 2017
Filed: October 11, 2017
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Laquetta Hughes directly appeals the sentence the district court imposed after1
she pled guilty to a firearm charge. Her counsel has moved for leave to withdraw,
The Honorable Linda R. Reade, United States District Judge for the Northern1
District of Iowa.

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and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the
sentence is substantively unreasonable. Hughes has filed a pro se brief, also arguing
that her sentence is substantively unreasonable.
Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the district court did not impose
a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455,
461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions);
see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal,
within-Guidelines-range sentence may be presumed reasonable). In addition, we have
independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and
have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed,
and counsel is granted leave to withdraw.
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