United States v. Elbert

DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

On defendant Vincent Elbert’s appeal from his conviction and sentence imposed, after his guilty plea, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, /.), counsel filed a motion with this Court pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) and the government filed a motion for summary affirmance. Because there are no non-frivolous issues for appeal and remand cannot benefit the defendant in this case, we grant defense counsel’s motion to be relieved and the government’s motion for summary…