Adrian Granados-Yepez v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 4, 2015
• Docket: 09-15-00186-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________

NO. 09-15-00186-CR ____________________

ADRIAN GRANADOS-YEPEZ, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 9th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 13-01-00909 CR __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Adrian Granados-Yepez pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, and the trial

court sentenced Granados-Yepez to twenty-five years in prison. Granados-Yepez’s

appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional evaluation of the

record and concludes Granados-Yepez’s appeal is frivolous. See Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App.

1978). Granados-Yepez filed a pro se brief in response.

1 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has held that we need not address the

merits of issues raised in Anders briefs or pro se responses. Bledsoe v. State, 178

S.W.3d 824, 826-27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Rather, we may determine that: (1)

“the appeal is wholly frivolous and issue an opinion explaining that it has reviewed

the record and finds no reversible error”; or (2) “arguable grounds for appeal exist

and remand the cause to the trial court so that new counsel may be appointed to

brief the issues.” Id. We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We

have independently examined the clerk’s record and the reporter’s record, and we

agree that no arguable issues support the appeal. We find it unnecessary to order

appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Compare Stafford v. State, 813

S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment. 1

AFFIRMED.

______________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice

Submitted on October 16, 2015 Opinion Delivered November 4, 2015 Do Not Publish

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

1 Granados-Yepez may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68. 2