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2-27-2003

USA v. Mosier
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket 01-3809




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                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                  FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                                   ____________________

                                           No. 01-3809
                                     ______________________

                                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


                                                    v.

                                          GUY E. MOSIER,

                                                Appellant
                                   __________________________

                           On Appeal from the United States District Court
                               for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                                       D.C. No. 01-cr-272-03
                             District Judge: Honorable William H. Yohn
                               _____________________________
                            Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                                          February 25, 2003

            Before: Becker, Chief Judge, Scirica, Circuit Judge, and Shadur, District Judge*

                                     (Filed February 27, 2003)
                                 ____________________________

                                           OPINION
                                  ___________________________

BECKER, Chief Judge.

        This is an appeal by defendant Guy Mosier from the judgment of the United States District



  *
     Honorable Milton I. Shadur, Senior United States District Judge, Northern District of
Illinois, sitting by designation.
Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered pursuant to a bargained-for guilty plea to

conspiracy to distribute and possess marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846

and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).1 Mosier’s

counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 

(1967), stating

inter alia:

                  After a complete and careful review of the entire record in this matter
        it is clear that there are no meritorious issues present and that this appeal is
        wholly frivolous.

        Our jurisprudence requires that counsel in an Anders situation adequately attempt to

uncover the best arguments for his or her client. See United States v. Marvin, 

(3d Cir. 1999). Counsel’s brief represents that he has referred to those portions of the

record that might arguably support the appeal and direct the Court to the relevant law.

Having read the record, we are satisfied that counsel has fulfilled his Anders obligations,

and agree with his estimate of the appeal. Counsel’s brief addressed two questions: (1)

was Mosier’s guilty plea entered knowingly and voluntarily and in conformity with the law;

and (2) was the sentence imposed legal. We have reviewed the comprehensive sentencing

colloquy including the comprehensive advice of rights and accompanying waivers offered,

as well as extensive description of the factual basis for the plea, including Mosier’s

admissions that he was guilty as charged. We find no basis for appeal with respect to




  1
   Mosier filed his appeal pro se, and we afforded him an opportunity to file a pro se brief.
Mosier filed a motion for an extension of time, which we granted on July 18, 2002,
extending this time for filed of a brief to August 26, 2002. Mosier did not file a brief.

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voluntariness of the plea. Neither do we discern any problems with the sentence, or any

other possible grounds for appeal. We will therefore grant counsel’s request to withdraw,

and will affirm the judgment on the merits.2




TO THE CLERK:




                Kindly file the foregoing opinion.




                                                 /s/ Edward R. Becker
                                                 Chief Judge




  2
   We also note our view that, because the issues presented in the appeal lack legal merit,
they do not require the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court.
Third Cir. LAR 109.2(b)(2000).

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