United States of America v. Felipe Martinez-Garcia, a/k/a Daniel Espalla-Pedrasa

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-4500
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
FELIPE MARTINEZ-GARCIA, a/k/a Daniel
Espalla-Pedrasa,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg,
District Judge. (1:04-cr-00118-2)
Submitted: December 14, 2006 Decided: December 19, 2006
Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Reid G. Brown, Waynesville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Jill
Westmoreland Rose, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Asheville,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Felipe Martinez-Garcia pled guilty to one count of
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamines,
cocaine, and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841; 846
(2000). Martinez-Garcia was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment.
We affirm the conviction and sentence.
Counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting there were no meritorious grounds
for appeal, but raising the issue of whether the sentence imposed
by the district court was reasonable. Although Martinez-Garcia was
informed of his right to file a pro se supplemental brief, he did
not do so.
Because the district court properly calculated and
considered the advisory guideline range and weighed the relevant 18
U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2000) factors, we conclude Martinez-Garcia’s
188-month sentence, which was below the statutory minimum and at
the bottom of the advisory guideline range, is reasonable. See
United States v. Hughes, 401 F.3d 540, 546-47 (4th Cir. 2005); see
also United States v. Green, 436 F.3d 449, 457 (4th Cir.) (stating
a sentence imposed within a properly calculated guideline range is
presumptively reasonable), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 2309 (2006).
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire
record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for
appeal. This court requires that counsel inform his client, in

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writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of the United
States for further review. If the client requests that a petition
be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be
frivolous, then counsel may move this court for leave to withdraw
from representation. Counsel’s motion must state that a copy
thereof was served on the client. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
the materials before the court and argument would not aid in the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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