United States v. Williams

── United States v. Williams ── Case No.: 25-7056 Court: Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Date: March 25, 2026 Category: General Appellate Case: 25-7056 Document: 31-1 Date Filed: 03/25/2026 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT March 25, 2026 _________________________________ Christopher M. Wolpert Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. No. 25-7056 (D.C. No. 6:24-CR-00143-RAW-1) GABRIEL LEE WILLIAMS, II, a/k/a Chi- (E.D. Okla.) Chi, Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________ ORDER AND JUDGMENT * _________________________________ Before MATHESON, MURPHY, and ROSSMAN, Circuit Judges. _________________________________ After examining appellant’s brief and the appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The court, therefore, honors appellant’s request and orders the matter submitted without oral argument. Gabriel Lee Williams, II, appeals from the district court’s judgment accepting his guilty plea to one count of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and sentencing him to a 140-month term of imprisonment. * This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.  Appellate Case: 25-7056 Document: 31-1 Date Filed: 03/25/2026 Page: 2 Williams’s counsel has filed an Anders brief, 1 asserting she could find no meritorious basis for appeal and simultaneously moving to withdraw as counsel. For those reasons set out below, this court grants counsel’s motion to withdraw and dismisses this appeal. A federal grand jury indicted Williams on one count each of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and on one count of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8). Officers spotted Williams walking with a red and black backpack. Williams had previously been convicted of multiple felonies and had two active arrest warrants. When Williams saw the officers, he fled on foot. Although officers lost Williams, they recovered the backpack. Inside the backpack, officers found two firearms and a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. Several days later, Williams was arrested at a nearby motel, at which officers also found suspected narcotics. Williams entered a notice of intent to plead guilty to the felon-in-possession count of the indictment. There was no plea agreement. As Williams’s trial counsel explained, “We have an agreement with the government that the first count will be dismissed at sentencing, but [there is] no formalized plea agreement as far as a plea contract.” The court accepted Williams’s guilty plea and a presentence investigation 1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). 2  Appellate Case: 25-7056 Document: 31-1 Date Filed: 03/25/2026 Page: 3 report (“PSR”) was created. The PSR calculated Williams