Legal Opinion

United States v. Donald Andrews

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 23, 2012No. 12-1452Unpublished

1Per curiam

After Donald Andrews pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(B)(viii), and 846, the district court 1 sentenced Mr. Andrews to the mandatory minimum of 60 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal, counsel moves to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

The district court correctly concluded that the 5-year statutory minimum sentence applied, based on the unobjected-to drug quantity…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Penson v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. WattsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. DouglasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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