United States v. Tavares

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 10-13797 FEB 28, 2011 JOHN LEY Non-Argument Calendar CLERK ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:08-cr-20079-PAS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOSE TAVARES, a.k.a. Dino Cabassa, llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (February 28, 2011) Before CARNES. WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Tracy Dreispul, appointed counsel for Jose Taveras1 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 Taveras’s convictions and sentences are AFFIRMED. 1 While the Appellant’s name is spelled “Tavares” on this Court’s docket, his indictment identifies him as “Taveras,” and we therefore adopt that latter spelling for this opinion. 2