Opinion
No. 2 CA-CR 2017-0137
11-07-2017
THE STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. SHERMAN LAVINCE SHIELDS, Appellant.
COUNSEL Law Offices of Thomas Jacobs, Tucson By Thomas Jacobs Counsel for Appellant
THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
See Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 111(c)(1); Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.24.
Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County
No. CR20152653002
The Honorable Teresa Godoy, Judge Pro Tempore
AFFIRMED
COUNSEL
Law Offices of Thomas Jacobs, Tucson
By Thomas Jacobs
Counsel for Appellant
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Presiding Judge Vásquez authored the decision of the Court, in which Chief Judge Eckerstrom and Judge Eppich concurred.
VÁSQUEZ, Presiding Judge:
¶1 After a jury trial, Sherman Shields was convicted of possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor and was sentenced to a 4.5-year prison term. Counsel has filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530, 2 P.3d 89 (App. 1999), asserting he has reviewed the record but found no arguable issue to raise on appeal. Consistent with Clark, 196 Ariz. 530, ¶ 32, 2 P.3d at 97, he has provided "a detailed factual and procedural history of the case with citations to the record" and asks this court to search the record for error. Shields has not filed a supplemental brief.
¶2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the jury's verdict, see State v. Tamplin, 195 Ariz. 246, ¶ 2, 986 P.2d 914, 914 (App. 1999), the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict here. In June 2015, Shields—who had previously been convicted of a felony and was on supervised release at the time—discarded a firearm into nearby bushes as police officers approached. See A.R.S. §§ 13-3101(7), 13-3102(A)(4). His sentence is within the statutory range and was lawfully imposed. See A.R.S. §§ 13-703(B), (I), 13-708(A), 13-3102(M).
¶3 Pursuant to our obligation under Anders, we have searched the record for fundamental, reversible error and found none. Accordingly, Shields's conviction and sentence are affirmed.