United States v. Spears

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Having pled guilty to possession with intent to manufacture and distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, Todd Melvin Spears now seeks to appeal his sentence. 1 Spears’s attorney, Allen C. Welch, has moved to withdraw as counsel and filed an Anders brief to support his contention that Spears’s appeal presents no nonfrivolous issues for our review. 2 Subsequent to defense counsel’s filing the Anders brief, Spears submitted a pro se “informal brief’ and reply brief. Although Welch’s efforts were lacking, for the reasons noted below we grant his…