United States v. Al Lee Johnson

Appellant’s court-appointed attorney has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel in this direct criminal appeal. In connection with this action, counsel has submitted a document styled “Appellant’s Brief” which contains a brief history of the case and the statement that “counsel for appellant has searched the record and has failed to find anything in the record that might arguably support the appeal.”

In Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), the United States Supreme Court carefully delineated the duties of court-appointed counsel in the prosecution of his…