United States v. Stacey Merrell Lewis

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 09-16522 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Non-Argument Calendar OCTOBER 18, 2010 ________________________ JOHN LEY CLERK D.C. Docket No. 09-00037-CR-HL-5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus STACEY MERRELL LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant. __________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia _________________________ (October 18, 2010) Before CARNES, MARCUS and FAY, Circuit Judges PER CURIAM: Elizabeth Lane, appointed counsel for Stacey Merrell Lewis in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the entire record reveals that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Lewis’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2