United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. James Allen Crippen Defendant - Appellant (2017)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. James Allen Crippen Defendant - Appellant

No. 16-3735

Decided: June 30, 2017

Before LOKEN, ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

After the district court ¹ denied his motion to suppress evidence, James Allen Crippen pleaded guilty to child-pornography offenses and was sentenced below the advisory Guidelines range. On appeal, Crippen's counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the denial of the suppression motion. Crippen's unconditional guilty plea, however, forecloses our review of the suppression ruling. See United States v. Christenson, 653 F.3d 697, 699 (8th Cir. 2011). Further, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.

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

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable M. Douglas Harpool, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

PER CURIAM.

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