
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy D. HOWARD, a.k.a. JD, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-10343
    Non-Argument Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    Sept. 24, 2012.
    Robert G. Davies, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Pensacola, FL, Terry Flynn, Pamela C. Marsh, Karen E. Rhew-Miller, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    William Rourk Clark, Jr., Gwendolyn Louise Spivey, Randolph Patterson Mur-rell, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Tallahassee, FL, Jimmy D. Howard, Coleman, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before WILSON, JORDAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Gwendolyn Spivey, appointed counsel for Jimmy D. Howard 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 Howard’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.  