United States v. Charles Shirley

Charles Shirley challenges the seventy-month sentence imposed by the District Court 1 after Shirley pleaded guilty to a firearm offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and in a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel challenges the reasonableness of the sentence, arguing that the District Court should have considered varying below the Guidelines range in sentencing Shirley. Shirley has moved for appointment of counsel and has filed a supplemental brief in which he argues that the District Court erred in its offense-level and…