United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 03-3616
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United States of America,                *
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             Appellee,                   *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * Western District of Missouri.
Anthony K. Anderson,                     *
                                         * [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                  *
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                              Submitted: July 2, 2004
                                 Filed: July 29, 2004
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Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Anthony Anderson appeals the judgment the district court1 entered after a jury
found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). The district court sentenced him to 15 months
imprisonment and 3 years supervised release. Anderson’s counsel has moved to
withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 

(1967), stating
Anderson’s beliefs that the police acted illegally in stopping his vehicle and searching


      1
      The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
it, and that he had a right to carry a gun because he was planning to get his criminal
record expunged and get the gun registered.

       These points provide no basis for reversal. A police officer testified at trial that
she observed the vehicle Anderson was driving run a stop sign, the passenger was
arrested based on an outstanding probation violation, and the gun was found in a
search of the vehicle pursuant to that arrest. See United States v. Searcy, 

, 979 (8th Cir. 1999) (search of passenger compartment of vehicle following arrest
of occupant is reasonable under Fourth Amendment); United States v. Coleman, 

, 904 (8th Cir.) (traffic violations provide probable cause for police to stop
vehicle), cert. denied, 

(1998). Given the undisputed evidence of a prior
felony conviction, knowing possession of a firearm, and interstate nexus, see United
States v. Jones, 

, 813 (8th Cir. 2001) (elements of felon-in-possession
offense), there is no merit to Anderson’s contention that he had a right to carry a gun.

       Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 

(1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the
district court and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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