United States v. Dwight Dukes

Case: 12-14543 Date Filed: 05/15/2013 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-14543 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:11-cr-00347-RBD-DAB-3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus DWIGHT DUKES, a.k.a. "D", Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ________________________ (May 15, 2013) Before: BARKETT, MARCUS and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges PER CURIAM: Case: 12-14543 Date Filed: 05/15/2013 Page: 2 of 2 Tom Dale, appointed counsel for Dwight Dukes 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 Dukes’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 2