U.S. v. ARNOLD, 265 Fed.Appx. 829 (11th Cir. 2008)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis Antonio ARNOLD,a.k.a. L.A., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-13630 Non-Argument Calendar.United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
February 15, 2008.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]
Verda M. Colvin, Macon, GA, Dean S. Daskal, U.S. Attorney's Office, Columbus, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gerald B. Williams, Gerald B. Williams, P.C., Albany, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. D.C. Docket No. 06-00012-CR-001-HL-7.
Before BLACK, CARNES and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Gerald B. Williams, appointed counsel for Lewis Antonio Arnold on this direct criminal appeal, has filed a motion to withdraw on appeal supported by a brief prepared pursuant toAnders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396,18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the record reveals that counsel's assessment ofPage 830
the relative merit of the appeal is correct. We note that, because we question the applicability of Arnold's sentence appeal waiver, we do not rely on that waiver in determining that there are no issues of arguable merit for appeal. Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel's motion to withdraw isGRANTED, and Arnold's conviction and sentence areAFFIRMED.