No: 01-3289 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LEMORE CAMPBELL a/k/a Everill Lemore Campbell

*Honorable John C. Lifland, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of New
Jersey, sitting by designation.
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No: 01-3289
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
v.
LEMORE CAMPBELL
a/k/a Everill
Lemore Campbell,
Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Delaware
(Crim. No. 00-0080)
District Judge: Hon. Roderick R. McKelvie
Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
November 7, 2002
Before: McKEE and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges,
and LIFLAND, District Judge.*
(Opinion filed December 6, 2002)
OPINION
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
Lemore Campbell appeals from the district court’s imposition of a term of
imprisonment of 48 months following his guilty plea to the charge of use of a telephone in

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1Campbell was indicted on a number of drug conspiracy and distribution charges.
However, as a result of his plea, the government dismissed the drug conspiracy and
distribution charges.
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furtherance of a conspiracy to import cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). He
contends that the district court abused its discretion by not granting his motion for a
downward departure. However, for the reason that follows, we will dismiss the appeal for
lack of jurisdiction.
I.
Because we write only for the parties, it is unnecessary to recite the facts of this
case. It is sufficient for our purposes to note that Campbell entered a guilty plea to the
charge of use of a telephone in furtherance of a conspiracy to import cocaine, in violation
of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b).1 As a result of his plea, he faced a maximum statutory term of
imprisonment of four years, followed by a term of supervised release of one year, a
$250,000 fine and a $100 assessment. There is no applicable minimum mandatory
sentence.
The Presentence Report identified his Offense Level as 29 and his Criminal History
Category as I. Accordingly, the sentencing range pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5A was 87-108
months. However, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(a), the statutory maximum sentence, when
less than the applicable guideline range, becomes the guideline sentence. Therefore, the
guideline sentence applicable to Campbell was 48 months.
At sentencing, Campbell sought a downward departure, asserting that one was merited

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because of his status as a deportable alien, because his criminal conduct was aberrant, and
because he had many relatives in the United States. The district court made a discretionary
decision not to depart. Inasmuch as the court recognized that it had the power to depart, and
chose not to, we have no jurisdiction over Campbell’s appeal. See, e.g., United States v.
Sally, 116 F.3d 76, 78-79 (3d Cir. 1997).
We have reviewed the brief that was filed pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), and our review clearly shows that because we have no jurisdiction over
Campbell’s appeal, there are no conceivable non-frivolous issues present in this record.
II.
Accordingly, we will dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT:
Please file the foregoing Opinion.
/s/ Theodore A. McKee
Circuit Judge
DATED: December 6, 2002

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