United States v. Mark D. Emmons

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AUGUST 21, 2007 No. 06-14473 THOMAS K. KAHN Non-Argument Calendar CLERK ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 06-00011-CR-OC-10-GRJ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARK D. EMMONS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (August 21, 2007) Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Robert Calvin Rivers, appointed counsel for Mark D. Emmons on 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 record reveals that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of this appeal is correct. Because independent examination of the record reveals no issues of arguable merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Emmons’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2