United States v. Lawrence Taylor

MEMORANDUM

In these consolidated appeals, Lawrence Erskine Taylor appeals from the aggregate 240-month sentence imposed upon a remand for resentencing, following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1), possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(l)(A)(i), and possession of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844 (a). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Taylor’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant with the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80-81 , 109 S.Ct. 346 , 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s…