United States v. Terral Taylor , 403 F. App'x 962 ( 2010 )

Case: 09-31194 Document: 00511317228 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/09/2010
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
December 9, 2010
No. 09-31194
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
TERRAL JAMES TAYLOR,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
USDC No. 2:08-CR-143-1
Before DAVIS, SMITH and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The attorney appointed to represent Terral James Taylor has moved for
leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967). Taylor has filed a response. The record is insufficiently
developed to allow consideration at this time of Taylor’s claims of ineffective
assistance of counsel; such claims generally “cannot be resolved on direct appeal
when [they have] not been raised before the district court since no opportunity
existed to develop the record on the merits of the allegations.” United States v.
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .
R. 47.5.4.
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Cantwell, 470 F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and
citation omitted). Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and
Taylor’s response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly,
counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused from
further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See 5 TH C IR.
R. 42.2.
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