United States v. Kenneth Williams

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 04-2480 ___________ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Kenneth M. Williams, * Western District of Missouri. * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellant. * ___________ Submitted: February 4, 2005 Filed: February 9, 2005 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Kenneth Williams appeals from the final judgment entered by the district court1 upon his guilty plea to a felon-in-possession charge, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). On appeal, his counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we agree with counsel that there are no nonfrivolous issues for appeal, in view of the district court’s imposition 1 The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. of the statutory minimum sentence, to which Williams did not object. Accordingly, we affirm. We also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. ______________________________ -2-