United States v. Ricco Jerome Hicks

USCA11 Case: 25-13278 Document: 32-1 Date Filed: 05/20/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-13278 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICCO JEROME HICKS, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 2:24-cr-00433-MHH-GMB-2 ____________________ Before LUCK, LAGOA, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: Perry Russell Steen, appointed counsel for Ricco Jerome Hicks in this direct criminal appeal, has moved to withdraw from further representation of the appellant and filed a brief pursuant to USCA11 Case: 25-13278 Document: 32-1 Date Filed: 05/20/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 25-13278 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (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 reveals no arguable issues of merit, counsel’s mo- tion to withdraw is GRANTED, and Hicks’s conviction and sen- tence are AFFIRMED.