United States v. Ralph Thompson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: July 20, 2000
• Docket: 99-2963
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 99-2963 ___________

United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. Ralph Thompson, also known as * Travell L. Glover, also known as * [UNPUBLISHED] Fabias L. Shipman, * * Appellant. * ___________

Submitted: June 9, 2000 Filed: July 20, 2000 ___________

Before McMILLIAN, BRIGHT, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to a written plea agreement, Ralph Thompson pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Following imposition of sentence, appointed counsel moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Upon review of the record and the parties& briefs, we agree with the government that the district court&s failure at the change-of-plea hearing to advise Thompson of the correct statutory mandatory minimum sentence for his offense, and of the applicability and effect of the period of supervised release he faced, was harmless error. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1), (h); United States v. Prado, 204 F.3d 843, 846 (8th Cir. 2000); United States v. McCarthy, 97 F.3d 1562, 1575 (8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1130, and 520 U.S. 1133 (1997); United States v. Osment, 13 F.3d 1240, 1242-43 (8th Cir. 1994).

Having reviewed the record, we conclude that no other non-frivolous issues exist. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel&s motion to withdraw.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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