United States of America v. Abigail Margarete Knight

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 24-2309
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United States of America
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Abigail Margarete Knight
Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: December 4, 2024
Filed: December 9, 2024
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Abigail Knight appeals the below-Guidelines sentence the district court1
imposed after she pled guilty to two counts of producing child pornography. Having
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
1 The Honorable Stephen H. Locher, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.

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Counsel moved for leave to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively
unreasonable. Upon careful review, this court concludes that the district court did
not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence, as it properly considered the 18
U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors; there is no indication that it overlooked a relevant factor,
or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing relevant factors; and the sentence
was below the advisory Guidelines range. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d
455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (abuse of discretion review); United States v.
Anderson, 90 F.4th 1226, 1227 (8th Cir. 2024) (district court has wide latitude in
weighing relevant factors); United States v. McCauley, 715 F.3d 1119, 1127 (8th
Cir. 2013) (when district court varies below Guidelines range, it is “nearly
inconceivable” that court abused its discretion in not varying further).
Having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488
U.S. 75 (1988), this court finds no non-frivolous issues for appeal.
The judgment is affirmed and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted.
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