Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1167

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                 JEFFREY CUNNINGHAM,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Edward E. Eliot on brief for appellant.
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                                   November 5, 1996
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                      Per Curiam.  Jeffrey  Cunningham pled guilty to one
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            count of credit card  fraud and was sentenced to  serve eight

            months in prison followed by  a three-year term of supervised

            release.   He  now  appeals  from  his sentence.    Appellate

            counsel has  filed a  brief under  Anders v.  California, 386
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            U.S.  738  (1967), explaining  why  there  is no  meritorious

            ground for  appeal.  Although counsel  notified Cunningham of

            his  right to file  a supplemental brief,  Cunningham has not

            filed any brief  and the  deadline for doing  so has  passed.

            After fully reviewing the  record, we agree that there  is no

            meritorious  ground for appeal.   We also note  that the plea

            hearing conformed substantially to  Rule 11 requirements  and

            that  any defect  was harmless.   See Fed. R.  Crim. P. 11(h)
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            (variances  from  Rule  11  procedures which  do  not  affect

            substantial rights are to be disregarded).  

                      We affirm appellant's  conviction and sentence  and
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            grant counsel's motion to withdraw.
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