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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
No. 05-16965 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Non-Argument Calendar JULY 25, 2006
________________________ THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 05-00169-CR-WS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
WILBER JACKSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Alabama
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(July 25, 2006)
Before BLACK, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
William Gregory Hughes, appointed counsel for Wilber Jackson in this
direct criminal appeal, has filed a motion to withdraw, 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. We are unpersuaded by
the argument Jackson raises in his response to counsel’s motion, as it does not raise
an issue of arguable merit.1
Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable
issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, Jackson’s motion for
new counsel is denied as MOOT, and Jackson’s conviction and sentence are
AFFIRMED.
1
Jackson suggests that he did not understand the plea agreement he signed and that his
trial counsel lied to him in order to get him to sign the agreement. Our independent review reveals
that the district court fully complied with the three “core concerns” of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b),
see United States v, Quinones, 97 F.3d 472, 475 (11th Cir. 1996) (discussing core concerns of Rule
11), and we have found no evidence in the record of improper inducement or misrepresentation of
the plea agreement.
2