Opinion
No. 09-12044 Non-Argument Calendar.
December 2, 2009.
Mary Erickson, Decatur, GA, for Appellant.
Jeffrey A. Brown, John Andrew Horn, U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. D.C. Docket No. 08-00125-CRJTC-1.
Before BARRETT, HULL and HILL, Circuit Judges.
Mary Erickson, appointed counsel for Dontarion Bratton 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 Bratton's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.