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Copeland v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 15, 1972
270 So. 2d 378 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

Opinion

No. 72-230.

December 15, 1972.

Appeal from Criminal Court of Record, Dade County; Jack M. Turner, Judge.

Mearon Copeland, in pro. per.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


This court, proceeding in the manner outlined and recommended by the Supreme Court of the United States in Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, having deferred ruling on a motion of the public defender to withdraw as counsel for the indigent defendant-appellant, and having furnished appellant with a copy of the public defender's memorandum brief, and having allowed the appellant a reasonable specified time within which to raise any points that he chose in support of this appeal, and the appellant having filed his response thereto, on consideration thereof upon full examination of the proceedings we conclude that the appeal is wholly frivolous. Whereupon, the public defender's said motion to withdraw is granted, and the order or judgment appealed is hereby affirmed.


Summaries of

Copeland v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Dec 15, 1972
270 So. 2d 378 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)
Case details for

Copeland v. State

Case Details

Full title:MEARON COPELAND, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 15, 1972

Citations

270 So. 2d 378 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)