USA v. Ericson Lamar Snow

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-12120
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 4:14-cr-00380-AKK-JEO-2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ERICSON LAMAR SNOW,
Defendant - Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
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(February 12, 2016)
Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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P. Russell Steen, appointed counsel for Ericson Snow in this direct criminal
appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of Snow and prepared a
brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Our independent
review of the 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 Snow’s
convictions and sentences are AFFIRMED.1
1 We acknowledge that Snow expressed dissatisfaction with counsel’s performance
leading up to his guilty plea and 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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