UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-4407
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
GREGORY PETER HANSEN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Asheville. Lacy H. Thornburg,
District Judge. (CR-01-90)
Submitted: December 11, 2003 Decided: December 19, 2003
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Andrew B. Banzhoff, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Jerry
Wayne Miller, Thomas Richard Ascik, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Gregory Peter Hansen pled guilty pursuant to a written plea
agreement to three counts of bank robbery, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2113(a)(2000). He was sentenced to 135 months in prison.
Hansen’s appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), raising only the issue
of whether Hansen received ineffective assistance of counsel in
relation to his guilty plea and stating that, in his view, there
are no meritorious grounds for appeal.* Though notified of his
opportunity to do so, Hansen did not file a pro se supplemental
brief.
In addition to the one issue raised by appellate counsel,
pursuant to Anders, we have reviewed the entire record in this case
and find no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm
Hansen’s convictions and sentence. This court requires that counsel
inform his client, in 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 in 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
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The Government has elected not to file a brief.
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adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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