FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 21 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 10-10314
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:09-cr-00193-JMR
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ANGEL GABEL GONZALES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
John M. Roll, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 15, 2012 **
Before: CANBY, GRABER, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Angel Gabel Gonzales appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 70-month
sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation
of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B)(vii), and 846; and for possession with
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and
(b)(1)(B)(vii).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Gonzales’s counsel
has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to
withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant the opportunity to
file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief
has been filed.
Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S.
75, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district
court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.
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