*2 Before WILSON, LAGOA, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Paul Mooney, appointed counsel for Michael Lewis Pitts, 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 (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 Pitts’s convictions and total sentence are AFFIRMED . Pitts’s request for appointment of counsel is DENIED .

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