State v. Loftin

Defendant’s counsel, who represented him in the trial court and upon this appeal, have filed a motion requesting permission to withdraw as counsel. The motion was filed in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). It is based upon counsel’s conclusion “that any appeal would be frivolous and without merit.” Counsel filed a brief in which they set forth three matters “that might arguably support the appeal.”

Defendant was timely furnished with a copy of the motion and brief and informed that he had the right to submit a brief pro se in this…