United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 02-3611
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United States of America,                *
                                         *
             Appellee,                   *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * Eastern District of Missouri.
Tommie Webb,                             *    [UNPUBLISHED]
                                         *
             Appellant.                  *
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                          Submitted: June 26, 2003

                               Filed: July 1, 2003
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Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       A jury convicted Tommie Webb of possessing with intent to distribute more
than 5 grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, in violation of 21
U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (count 1); carrying or possessing a firearm in furtherance of the
drug trafficking alleged in count 1, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (count 2); and
being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (count 3).
The district court1 imposed concurrent sentences of 262 and 120 months of

      1
       The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
imprisonment on counts 1 and 3 respectively, and a consecutive sentence of 60
months of imprisonment on count 2. The court ordered that the sentences be followed
by concurrent periods of 5 years of supervised release on count 1, and 3 years on
counts 2 and 3. Webb appeals, and his counsel has moved to withdraw. In a brief
filed under Anders v. California, 

(1967), counsel argues that Webb’s
sentence violates the Eighth Amendment’s proscription against cruel and unusual
punishment. Webb has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.

       We reject counsel’s argument and conclude that Webb’s sentence, required by
the Guidelines and section 924(c)’s mandatory 5-year consecutive sentence, does not
violate the Eighth Amendment. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); United States v. Farmer, 

, 840 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 

(1996); United States v. Knight,

, 311 (8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 

(1997). Further, having
reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 

, 88 (1988), we find no
nonfrivolous issues.

      Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted, and the judgment is
affirmed.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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