United States v. Michael Lee Clark , 114 F. App'x 773 ( 2004 )


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  •                      United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 03-4062
    ___________
    United States of America,               *
    *
    Appellee,                 *
    * Appeal from the United States
    v.                             * District Court for the
    * Western District of Arkansas.
    Michael Lee Clark,                      *
    * [UNPUBLISHED]
    Appellant.                *
    ___________
    Submitted: November 23, 2004
    Filed: December 14, 2004
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    Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    ___________
    PER CURIAM.
    Michael Lee Clark appeals from the final judgment entered by the district
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    court upon his guilty plea to traveling in interstate commerce on or about April 5,
    2003, to engage in a sexual act, as defined in 
    18 U.S.C. § 2246
    (2)(B), with a person
    under the age of 18 years, in violation of 
    18 U.S.C. § 2423
    (b). On appeal, his counsel
    has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 
    386 U.S. 738
    (1967). We affirm.
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    The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the
    Western District of Arkansas.
    As relevant, at sentencing the district court calculated a Category III criminal
    history based on 4 criminal history points, which included 3 points for 1987 theft and
    attempted-theft convictions resulting in a 4-year prison sentence from which Clark
    was released on August 3, 1992. The court sentenced Clark to 64 months
    imprisonment and 3 years supervised release, and imposed a $2,500 fine. On appeal,
    counsel argues, as he did below, that Clark’s 1987 convictions should not have been
    counted in computing his criminal history category because they were too dated. See
    U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(e)(1) (“Any prior sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year and
    one month that was imposed within fifteen years of the defendant’s commencement
    of the instant offense is counted.”).
    We conclude that the district court properly assigned criminal history points
    based on the prison sentence Clark received for his 1987 convictions: he was
    incarcerated on the convictions until August 3, 1992, and he committed the instant
    offense on April 5, 2003. See id. (“[C]ount any prior sentence of imprisonment
    exceeding one year and one month, whenever imposed, that resulted in the defendant
    being incarcerated during any part of such fifteen year period.”).
    Having found no nonfrivolous issues after reviewing the record independently
    under Penson v. Ohio, 
    488 U.S. 75
     (1988), we affirm. We hold counsel’s motion
    to withdraw in abeyance.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 03-4062

Citation Numbers: 114 F. App'x 773

Judges: Murphy, Fagg, Smith

Filed Date: 12/14/2004

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024