United States v. Ralph Georg Toni Martin

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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 16-14850
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket Nos. 8:16-cr-00500-VMC-AEP-1,
6:98-cr-00096-GKS-DAB-2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RALPH GEORG TONI MARTIN,
a.k.a. Mirko Doninic Martin,
a.k.a. Mirko Dominik Martin,
a.k.a. Dominik Martin,
Defendant - Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(September 27, 2018)
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Ralph Martin appeals his conviction for failure to appear at a sentencing
hearing, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1), and sentence of 6-months
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imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Martin’s
appointed counsel says that Martin has no meritorious issues to bring to our
attention on appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396
(1967). To that end, counsel has filed a brief “pointing the court to any argument
which may arguably support an appeal.” United States v. Edwards, 822 F.2d 1012,
1013 (11th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). On March 19, 2018, counsel certified that he
sent a copy of the brief and his motion to withdraw as counsel to Martin. This
Court sent Martin a letter in March of 2018 advising him of his right to respond to
counsel’s motion within 30 days. As of August 24, 2018, we received no response
from Martin.
As Anders requires, we have carefully reviewed counsel’s brief and the
record, and we have independently determined that there are no issues of arguable
merit for our review. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744, 87 S. Ct. at 1400. Therefore,
we AFFIRM Martin’s conviction and sentence, and we GRANT counsel’s motion
to withdraw.
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