ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, JUDGE

DIVISION III

SEYOUM ALI CLARK

APPELLANT

V.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

APPELLEE

CACR01-1205

July 3, 2002

APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTH DIVISION [NO. CR 01-570]

HON. WILLARD PROCTOR, JR.,

JUDGE

AFFIRMED

Seyoum Ali Clark was convicted at a bench trial of first-degree battery and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to concurrent terms of fifteen years' imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and Rule 4-3(j) of the Rules of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, appellant's attorney has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel on the ground that the appeal is wholly without merit. The motion is accompanied by an abstract and brief referring to everything in the record that might arguably support the appeal, including all motions, objections, and requests decided adversely to appellant and a statement of reasons why none of those rulings would be a meritorious ground for reversal.

The clerk of this court furnished appellant with a copy of his counsel's brief and notified him of his right to file a pro se statement of points for reversal within thirty days. Appellant filed such a statement, but his arguments all present questions that were either clearly outside the scope of the objections at trial and cannot be raised for the first time on appeal, or were fully covered in his attorney's brief, or both.

From our review of the record and the brief presented to us, we find compliance with Rule 4-3(j) and that the appeal is without merit. Accordingly, counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Baker and Robbins, JJ., agree.