United States v. Jorge Luis Tapanes

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 07-15852 FEBRUARY 27, 2009 Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 07-00043-CR-FTM-29-SPC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JORGE LUIS TAPANES, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (February 27, 2009) Before DUBINA, BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Mark G. Rodriguez, appointed counsel for Jorge Tapanes, has filed a motion to withdraw on appeal, supported by a brief prepared 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 review of the entire record reveals no arguably meritorious issues, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Tapanes’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2