Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Alberto BECERRA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-06-19
Citations: 283 F. App'x 231
Docket Number: No. 06-20322
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Alberto BECERRA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 283
Pages: 231–232

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Alberto BECERRA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-20322
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 19, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Carlos Alberto Becerra, Richmond, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Carlos Alberto Becerra has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Becerra has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Becerra's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; such claims generally "cannot be resolved on direct appeal when [they have] not been raised before the district court since no opportunity existed to develop the record on the merits of the allegations." United States v. Cantwell, 470 F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir.2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Our independent review of the record, counsel's brief, and Becerra's response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly, counsel's 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.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.