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U.S. v. Cravens

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Apr 13, 2011
415 F. App'x 746 (8th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 10-3768.

Submitted: April 7, 2011.

Filed: April 13, 2011.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Michelle Nahon Moulder, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Timothy A. Garrison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


[UNPUBLISHED]


Robert Cravens pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and the district court sentenced him to concurrent prison terms of 120 months and 216 months. Cravens appeals. His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), questioning the determination that Cravens was an armed career criminal.

The Honorable Gregory Kays, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

We find no error in the determination, and conclude that the district court properly sentenced Cravens. Portions of the presentence report (PSR) to which Cravens did not object showed that he had three previous convictions for a violent felony (one assault causing physical injury, and two burglaries), which subjected him to enhanced sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). See Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13, 26, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005) (listing charging document among judicial records that court may consider in assessing predicate convictions for § 924(e)); United States v. Livingston, 442 F.3d 1082, 1084 (8th Cir. 2006) (using PSR's description of charging instrument to decide whether prior conviction was violent felony under § 924(e)).

Having reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we grant counsel's motion, and we affirm the judgment.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Cravens

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Apr 13, 2011
415 F. App'x 746 (8th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

U.S. v. Cravens

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Keith CRAVENS, Appellant

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Apr 13, 2011

Citations

415 F. App'x 746 (8th Cir. 2011)

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