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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Chris Wendell Vorhies
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-51193

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CHRIS WENDELL VORHIES, also known as Lurch, also known as Chris 

Voerhis, also known as Chris Vorhies,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 6:14-CR-189-33

Before KING, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The attorney appointed to represent Chris Wendell Vorhies has moved 

for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. 

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th 

Cir. 2011). Vorhies has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently 

developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Vorhies’s claims of ineffective 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 17, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims without 

prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 

(5th Cir. 2014).

We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record 

reflected therein, as well as Vorhies’s response. We concur with counsel’s 

assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 

Accordingly, the motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused 

from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See

5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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