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No. 14-4702
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:14-cr-00054-CCE-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Angel de Santiago Ballesteros appeals his conviction
and
240-month
sentence
imposed
following
his
guilty
plea
to
in
counsel
California,
violation
has
386
U.S.
filed
738
of
21
U.S.C.
brief
(1967),
846
pursuant
stating
(2012).
to
that
On
Anders
there
are
v.
no
on
erred
multiple
in
grounds,
using
the
and
same
(3)
the
district
interpreter
to
court
translate
Ballesteros has
The
Government
the
has
declined
to
file
response
brief.
For
asserted
authority
to
at
sentencing
prosecute
that
him
the
because
district
he
is
court
free,
United
States
1990).
v.
Schneider,
910
F.2d
2
1569,
1570
(7th
Cir.
Because Ballesteros
Unless an attorneys
assistance
direct appeal.
Cir. 2008).
claims
generally
are
not
addressed
on
Because ineffective
Because Ballesteros
did not raise this issue in the district court, our review is
for plain error.
Fed. R.
Evid.
604.
In
addressing
an
interpreters
fitness,
the
268,
273
(5th
Cir.
Unit
Jul.
1981).
Ballesteros
of
the
same
translator
for
codefendants.
Rather,
other
codefendants
are
not
entitled
to
separate
interpreters.
See United States v. Johnson, 248 F.3d 655, 662-63 (7th Cir.
2001).
Moreover,
we
find
no
support
in
the
record
for
pro
se
brief
asserts
various
additional
sentence.
court
requires
that
counsel
inform
If Ballesteros
Counsels
are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED