USA v. Cedrick Brown, No. 17-12409 (11th Cir. 2018)
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Case: 17-12409 Date Filed: 01/19/2018 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 17-12409 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:15-cr-00182-VMC-JSS-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus CEDRICK BROWN, Defendant - Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ________________________ (January 19, 2018) Before WILSON, JORDAN and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Thomas John Butler, appointed counsel for Cedrick Brown in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of Mr. Brown Case: 17-12409 Date Filed: 01/19/2018 Page: 2 of 2 and prepared a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Our independent review of the 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 Mr. Brown’s convictions and total sentence are AFFIRMED. 1 1 We acknowledge that Mr. Brown has expressed dissatisfaction with trial counsel’s performance in failing to object to certain sentence enhancements. A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is best reserved for postconviction proceedings rather than direct review, which we undertake in this appeal. United States v. Tyndale, 209 F.3d 1292, 1294 (11th Cir. 2000); see Massaro v. United States, 538 U.S. 500, 504-05 (2003). 2
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