Alvaro Romero v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 16, 2006
• Docket: 14-05-00796-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 16, 2006

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 16, 2006.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-05-00794-CR

NO. 14-05-00795-CR

NO. 14-05-00796-CR

ALVARO ROMERO, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 176th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 1000796; 1000797 & 1018507

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

In trial court cause number 1000796, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of arson of a habitation.  On June 24, 2005, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for twelve years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  In trial court cause number 1000797, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of insurance fraud.  On June 24, 2005, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for one year in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  In trial court cause number 1018507, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of insurance fraud.  On June 24, 2005, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for twelve years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed notices of appeal from each sentence.

Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirement of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396 (1967), presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced.  See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).

A copy of counsel=s brief was delivered to appellant.  Appellant was advised of the right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se response.  See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  On May 4, 2006, this court issued an order, directing the trial court to provide appellant with a copy of the records in these cases and ordered appellant to file a pro se response to the brief filed by counsel within thirty days of the date of appellant=s receipt of the record.  We were notified that appellant received his copy of the records on May 8, 2006.  The pro se response was due on June 7, 2006.  As of this date, no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief and agree the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  Further, we find no reversible error in the record.  A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state.

Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed November 16, 2006.

Panel consists of Justices Anderson, Hudson, and Guzman.

Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).