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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Tony Wynn
Appellant

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 15-11055

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:13-cr-00051-WLS-TQL-6

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

TONY WYNN, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Georgia

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(November 24, 2015)

Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

Thomas Ledford, appointed counsel for Tony Wynn in this direct criminal 

appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of Mr. Wynn and 

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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 Mr. Wynn’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.

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 1 We acknowledge that Mr. Wynn expressed dissatisfaction with counsel’s performance 

leading up to his guilty plea 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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