This document is a court filing summarizing a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Plamen Atanasov was convicted of a crime and his appointed counsel, Mary Erickson, has moved to withdraw from further representation and filed an Anders brief stating there are no arguable issues of merit for appeal. The court's independent review found counsel's assessment to be correct and affirmed both Atanasov's conviction and sentence, granting the motion for counsel to withdraw.
This document is a court filing summarizing a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Plamen Atanasov was convicted of a crime and his appointed counsel, Mary Erickson, has moved to withdraw from further representation and filed an Anders brief stating there are no arguable issues of merit for appeal. The court's independent review found counsel's assessment to be correct and affirmed both Atanasov's conviction and sentence, granting the motion for counsel to withdraw.
This document is a court filing summarizing a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Plamen Atanasov was convicted of a crime and his appointed counsel, Mary Erickson, has moved to withdraw from further representation and filed an Anders brief stating there are no arguable issues of merit for appeal. The court's independent review found counsel's assessment to be correct and affirmed both Atanasov's conviction and sentence, granting the motion for counsel to withdraw.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 14-12077 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:13-cr-00026-ODE-AJB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PLAMEN ATANASOV, Defendant-Appellant. __________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _________________________ (January 21, 2015) Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Mary Erickson, appointed counsel for Plamen Atanasov 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 counsels
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assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. Because independent
examination of the entire record reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsels motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Atanasovs conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.