RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, dissenting. I cannot join in my colleagues’ decision to accept the Anders brief submitted by counsel, to permit counsel to withdraw and to dismiss the appeal as frivolous. At this early stage of the proceedings, our first task is to determine whether we ought to permit counsel to withdraw and then dismiss the appeal as frivolous. In my view, this Anders </em…
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