United States v. Michael Grady ( 2000 )


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  •                      United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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    Nos. 00-1453/00-2575
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    United States of America,                *
    *
    Appellee,                   *
    *
    v.                                 * Appeals from the United States
    * District Court for the
    Michael Grady,                           * Eastern District of Missouri
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    Appellant.                  *     [UNPUBLISHED]
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    Submitted: November 27, 2000
    Filed: December 4, 2000
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    Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD,
    Circuit Judges.
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    PER CURIAM.
    Michael Grady appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court1 for
    the Eastern District of Missouri upon his guilty plea to a charge of conspiring to
    possess heroin with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The district
    court sentenced appellant to 112 months imprisonment and five years supervised
    release. For reversal, appellant argues in appeal No. 00-1453 that the indictment was
    1
    The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, United States District Judge for the
    Eastern District of Missouri.
    insufficient under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 
    120 S. Ct. 2348
    (2000) (Apprendi), because
    it omitted drug quantity, an element of the offense; and in appeal No. 00-2575, he
    contends that the district court erroneously denied his motion to include grand jury
    minutes in the record on appeal. In appeal No. 00-2575, counsel has moved to
    withdraw pursuant to Anders v. California, 
    386 U.S. 738
    (1967).
    We conclude that, because Grady’s 112-month sentence does not exceed the
    twenty-year statutory maximum prison term for a non-quantity-based drug offense, it
    does not violate Apprendi. See United States v. Aguayo-Delgado, 
    220 F.3d 926
    , 934
    (8th Cir. 2000) (sentences “within the statutory range authorized by
    § 841(b)(1)(C) without reference to drug quantity, are permissible under Apprendi . .
    . even where the drug quantity was not charged in the indictment or found by the jury
    to have been beyond a reasonable doubt”), cert. denied, 
    2000 WL 1634209
    (U.S.
    Nov. 27, 2000) (No. 00-6746). We also conclude that the district court did not abuse
    its discretion by denying Grady’s motion to include grand jury minutes in the record on
    appeal, because his argument--that they might support a claim of ineffective assistance
    of trial counsel by showing what testimony could have been expected at trial--did not
    demonstrate a particularized need sufficient to require disclosure. See United States
    v. Martin, 
    59 F.3d 767
    , 771 (8th Cir. 1995) (ineffective-assistance claims are ordinarily
    not considered on direct appeal); United States v. Broyles, 
    37 F.3d 1314
    , 1318 (8th
    Cir. 1994) (abuse-of-discretion standard of review; movant must show particularized
    need for disclosure of minutes), cert. denied, 
    514 U.S. 1056
    (1995).
    Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 
    488 U.S. 75
    (1988), we have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm
    the judgment of the district court, and we deny counsel’s motion to withdraw in appeal
    No. 00-2575. Grady’s request to file a pro se supplemental brief is granted, and the
    brief he tendered has been considered.
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    A true copy.
    Attest:
    CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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