Opinion
23-1263
10-05-2023
United States of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Brian Tyrone Brand Defendant-Appellant
Unpublished
Submitted: October 2, 2023
Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM
Brian Brand appeals the within-Guidelines-range sentence the district courtimposed after he pled guilty to an ammunition offense. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing the district court erred in applying a cross reference to the provision for attempted second-degree murder to calculate his advisory Guidelines imprisonment range.
The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
Having reviewed the record, we conclude the district court did not err in calculating the Guidelines range using the cross-reference. See United States v. Tunley, 664 F.3d 1260, 1262 (8th Cir. 2012) (reviewing district court's factual findings in applying cross reference for clear error and its application of Guidelines de novo); see also United States v. Conley, No. 21-2094, 2022 WL 2979771, at *2 (8th Cir. 2022) (unpublished per curiam) (affirming application of cross-reference to Guidelines provision for attempted second-degree murder; noting case law showing that shooting at group of people demonstrates specific intent to kill). Further, we have reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, and we grant counsel's motion to withdraw.