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             IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT                    FILED
                        ________________________         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                           ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                May 12, 2006
                              No. 05-14802                  THOMAS K. KAHN
                          Non-Argument Calendar                 CLERK
                        ________________________

                 D. C. Docket No. 05-00040-CR-T-17-TGW

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


                                                                Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                   versus

VALENCIO VENNER WILLIAMS,

                                                          Defendant-Appellant.


                        ________________________

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

                               (May 12, 2006)

Before BLACK, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Jerry Theophilopoulos, appointed counsel for Valencio Venner Williams 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 Williams’s convictions

and sentences are AFFIRMED.




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