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UNITED STATES v. BLACKWELL

No. 85-7009.

767 F.2d 1486 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Sherman BLACKWELL, a/k/a Jim Blackwell, a/k/a Snake, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Stamp, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

J.B. Sessions, III, U.S. Atty., E.T. Rolison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

ORDER:

This order addresses what is perhaps the most unsettling circumstance which may confront an advocate under our adversary system of justice, counsel's motion to withdraw from representation of his client on appeal based upon his conscientious belief that the appeal is frivolous. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 1400, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

Our courts have from the beginning recognized that...

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