United States v. Nathaniel Burns

After Nathaniel Burns pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy offense, the District Court 1 sentenced him to 240 months in prison, representing a downward variance from the calculated Guidelines range. Burns appeals, and his counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), challenging the drug-quantity calculation; the assessment of enhancements for possessing a firearm, aggravating role, and a pattern of criminal conduct engaged in as a livelihood; and the denial of an acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment. In pro se supplemental…