US v. Frederick William

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:10-cr-00165-ICB-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998727980].. [11-4417]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-4417

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
FREDERICK WILLIAMS,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Beckley.
Irene C. Berger,
District Judge. (5:10-cr-00165-ICB-1)

Submitted:

November 16, 2011

Decided:

November 22, 2011

Before DUNCAN, DAVIS, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Steven R. Kiersh, KIERSH LAW OFFICE, Washington, D.C., for
Appellant. Miller A. Bushong, III, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY, Beckley, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Frederick

Williams

appeals

the

district

court’s

judgment entered pursuant to his guilty plea to one count of
distribution of oxycodone in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
(2006).

Counsel for Williams has filed a brief pursuant to

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), in which he asserts
that

he

has

meritorious

reviewed

issues

for

the

entire

appeal,

and

record

and

seeks

discerned

leave

to

no

withdraw.

Williams was advised of his right to file a pro se supplemental
brief but has not done so.
In accordance with Anders, we have thoroughly reviewed
the record, including the hearing conducted pursuant to Fed. R.
Crim.

P.

11,

and

find

no

meritorious

issues

for

appeal.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
this juncture, we deny counsel’s motion to withdraw.
requires

that

counsel

inform

his

client,

in

At

This court

writing,

of

his

right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for
further
filed,

review.
but

If

counsel

the

client

believes

requests

that

such

that
a

a

petition

petition

would

be
be

frivolous, counsel may move in this court at that time for leave
to withdraw from representation.

Counsel’s motion must state

that a copy of the motion was served on the client.
dispense

with

oral

argument

because

2

the

facts

Finally, we
and

legal

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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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