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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                         ________________________
                                                                   FILED
                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                           ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                No. 05-11078
                                                             January 31, 2006
                            Non-Argument Calendar
                                                            THOMAS K. KAHN
                          ________________________              CLERK

                  D. C. Docket No. 04-00061-CR-FTM-29DNF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus

DAVID LEE BEARD,
a.k.a. Michael Lee O'Donnell,

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.


                          ________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Florida
                        _________________________

                                (January 31, 2006)

Before CARNES, PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM:
      Mark J. O’Brien, appointed counsel for David Lee Beard 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, 87 S.Ct.

1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (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 Beard’s conviction and sentence

are AFFIRMED.




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