United States of America v. Kenee L. Triplett

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 21-2727
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Kenee L. Triplett
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
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Submitted: June 21, 2022
Filed: June 28, 2022
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Kenee Triplett appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1 after he
pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed
1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the criminal
history calculation and the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in
calculating Triplett’s criminal history. See United States v. Townsend, 408 F.3d
1020, 1022 (8th Cir. 2005). We also conclude that the sentence is not substantively
unreasonable, as the court properly considered relevant factors and did not clearly err
in weighing the appropriate factors. See United States v. Peithman, 917 F.3d 635,
653 (8th Cir. 2019); United States v. Garcia, 946 F.3d 413, 419 (8th Cir. 2019);
United States v. Farmer, 647 F.3d 1175, 1179 (8th Cir. 2011).
We have also independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488
U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we
affirm the judgment of the district court, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and
we deny Triplett’s motion for appellate counsel as moot.
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