Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-26 18:01:08.547418+00
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USCA11 Case: 22-12074    Document: 22-1     Date Filed: 04/26/2023   Page: 1 of 2

                                                  [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                   In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                          ____________________

                                No. 22-12074
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                          ____________________

       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,
       versus
       RICHARD JAMES HICKS,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.

                          ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Southern District of Alabama
                   D.C. Docket No. 1:20-cr-00132-JB-MU-3
                          ____________________
USCA11 Case: 22-12074     Document: 22-1      Date Filed: 04/26/2023    Page: 2 of 2

       2                      Opinion of the Court                22-12074

       Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge, and NEWSOM and
       GRANT, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
              Arthur J. Madden III, appointed counsel for Richard Hicks in
       this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further
       representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to Anders
       v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Our independent review of the
       entire 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 Hicks’s conviction and sentence
       are AFFIRMED.