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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 17-10262
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 4:16-cr-00221-WTM-GRS-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
MOSES SIMMONS,
a.k.a. Fam,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Georgia
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(September 1, 2017)
Before HULL, WILSON and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Amy Lee Copeland, appointed counsel for Moses Simmons, has moved to
withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to
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Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (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 Simmons’s
conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. 1
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We acknowledge that Simmons expressed dissatisfaction with his prior counsel’s
performance leading up to his sentencing and that he might wish to argue that counsel was
ineffective in that respect. Such claims, however, generally “are not considered for the first time
on direct appeal,” but rather are best reserved for postconviction proceedings. United States v.
Tyndale, 209 F.3d 1292, 1294 (11th Cir. 2000); see Massaro v. United States, 538 U.S. 500, 504-
05 (2003).
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