Filed: Mar. 06, 2012
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit March 6, 2012 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff–Appellee, No. 11-3276 v. (D.C. No. 2:11-CR-80043-CM-JPO-1) KEVIN THOMAS HEARD, (D. Kansas) Defendant–Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT* Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, McKAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges. After examining counsel’s Anders brief, Defendant’s response, and the appellate record, this panel has determined unanimou
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit March 6, 2012 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff–Appellee, No. 11-3276 v. (D.C. No. 2:11-CR-80043-CM-JPO-1) KEVIN THOMAS HEARD, (D. Kansas) Defendant–Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT* Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, McKAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges. After examining counsel’s Anders brief, Defendant’s response, and the appellate record, this panel has determined unanimous..
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FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
March 6, 2012
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSElisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
TENTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff–Appellee, No. 11-3276
v. (D.C. No. 2:11-CR-80043-CM-JPO-1)
KEVIN THOMAS HEARD, (D. Kansas)
Defendant–Appellant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, McKAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.
After examining counsel’s Anders brief, Defendant’s response, and the appellate
record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially
assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R.
34.1(G). This case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
Defendant Kevin Heard admitted to violating his supervised release in connection
with an earlier conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Previous violations
of his supervised release resulted in home detention and electronic monitoring. The
probation office further restricted Defendant’s detention after he was out of the home
without authorization at least three times. Defendant subsequently reported one day late
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of
law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its
persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
to the probation office after the office received an alert that Defendant’s ankle bracelet
had been tampered with. Defendant was thereafter arrested, and the probation office
recommended the court revoke Defendant’s supervised release.
At the revocation hearing, the district court calculated the applicable sentencing
guidelines range to be seven to thirteen months. Over Defendant’s objection, the district
court imposed a sentence of seven months, with an additional twelve months of
supervised release. On appeal, Defendant’s counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v.
California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), explaining why counsel believes there to be no
reasonable grounds for appeal. Defendant responded, through a letter from counsel, and
asked the court to consider several mitigating factors, including family deaths, schooling
concerns, and good behavior. The government did not file a response brief.
When defense counsel files an Anders brief, we are required to conduct “a full
examination of all the proceedings[] to decide whether the case is wholly frivolous.”
Id.
at 744. We agree with counsel that Defendant has no non-frivolous grounds he could
raise on appeal. We see no error in the district court’s calculation of the applicable
sentencing guidelines range, and we see no basis by which Defendant could rebut the
presumption of reasonableness attached to his within-guidelines sentence. See United
States v. McComb,
519 F.3d 1049, 1053 (10th Cir. 2007).
Our thorough review of the record persuades us that Defendant can raise no
meritorious issue on appeal. We therefore GRANT counsel’s motion to withdraw and
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DISMISS the appeal.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Monroe G. McKay
Circuit Judge
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