United States v. Ronald Eugene Kersey

[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 08-16650 JUNE 15, 2009 Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN ________________________ CLERK D.C. Docket No. 08-00080-CR-WTM-4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RONALD EUGENE KERSEY, Defendant-Appellant. __________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia _________________________ (June 15, 2009) Before BIRCH, BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Robert Paul Phillips, III, appointed counsel for Ronald Eugene Kersey 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 Kersey’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2