Joe Carl Jordan, appointed counsel for Michael Nelson Murphy, has filed a motion to withdraw on appeal supported by a brief prepared pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Our independent review of the entire record reveals that counsel’s assessment of the relative merit of the appeal is correct. Because independent examination of the entire record re *364 veals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Murphy’s conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.