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United States v. Marcus Welton, 10-2856 (2010)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Number: 10-2856 Visitors: 10
Judges: Per Curiam
Filed: Nov. 19, 2010
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted November 17, 2010* Decided November 19, 2010 Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge No. 10-2856 Appeal from the United UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, States District Court for the Plaintiff-Appellee, Western District of Wisconsin. v. No. 08-CR-39-BBC-01 MARCUS L. W
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                              NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
                                To be cited only in accordance with
                                         Fed. R. App. P. 32.1



                     United States Court of Appeals
                                     For the Seventh Circuit
                                     Chicago, Illinois 60604
                                 Submitted November 17, 2010*
                                  Decided November 19, 2010

                                               Before

                                FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge

                                WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge

                                TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge


No. 10-2856
                                                                 Appeal from the United
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                        States District Court for the
      Plaintiff-Appellee,                                        Western District of
                                                                 Wisconsin.
                v.
                                                                 No. 08-CR-39-BBC-01
MARCUS L. WELTON,                                                Barbara B. Crabb, Judge.
     Defendant-Appellant.


                                                Order

       Our most recent decision in this criminal prosecution remanded to the district
court for reconsideration in light of United States v. Corner, 
598 F.3d 411
(7th Cir. 2010)
(en banc).

     On remand, the district judge reduced Welton’s sentence from 188 to 151
months’ imprisonment, adjusting for the crack-powder ratio in the Sentencing


* This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). After
examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R.
App. P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f).
No. 10-2856                                                                   Page 2


Guidelines. Welton has taken another appeal. His lawyer has filed an Anders brief,
observing that the district court carried out this court’s instructions and that the
reduced sentence cannot plausibly be contested as unreasonably high. Welton was
notified of counsel’s position but has not used his opportunity, see Circuit Rule 51, to
respond.

       Counsel’s evaluation of the appeal is accurate. The only issue is how (if at all) to
adjust the sentence in light of the discretion recognized by Corner. The district judge
used that discretion, and an attack on the 151-month term would be frivolous.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted, and the appeal is dismissed as frivolous.

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