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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
February 15, 2008
No. 07-13630 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 06-00012-CR-001-HL-7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
LEWIS ANTONIO ARNOLD,
a.k.a. L.A.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia
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(February 15, 2008)
Before BLACK, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Gerald B. Williams, appointed counsel for Lewis Antonio Arnold on this
direct criminal appeal, 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.E.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the record reveals that counsel’s
assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. We note that, because we
question the applicability of Arnold’s sentence appeal waiver, we do not rely on
that waiver in determining that there are no issues of arguable merit for appeal.
Because independent examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of
merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Arnold’s conviction and
sentence are AFFIRMED.
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