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Parties Involved:
Julia Michelle Morris
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-20410

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JULIA MICHELLE MORRIS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:15-CR-11-1

Before WIENER, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Julia Michelle 

Morris 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). Morris has not filed a response. 

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

reflected therein. Although counsel addresses the validity of Morris’s appeal 

 

* 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

April 13, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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waiver, counsel does not discuss the district court’s compliance with Federal 

Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. An appeal waiver in the plea agreement does 

not waive the district court’s compliance with Rule 11 or the need to brief this 

issue adequately in an Anders brief. See United States v. Carreon-Ibarra, 673 

F.3d 358, 362 n.3 (5th Cir. 2012); see also United States v. Brown, 328 F.3d 

787, 789-90 (5th Cir. 2003). Nevertheless, our independent review confirms 

that the guilty plea was knowing and voluntary. We therefore 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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