in the Matter of J.J. III

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 11, 2005
• Docket: 14-04-01081-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 11, 2005

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 11, 2005.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-04-01081-CV

IN THE MATTER OF J.J., III

On Appeal from the 313th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 03-07083J

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

Appellant, J.J., III, a juvenile, was found by a jury to have engaged in delinquent conduct by committing aggravated sexual assault of a child.  Punishment was assessed at five years probation.  Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal.

Appellant=s court‑appointed counsel has filed a brief in which he concludes that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 1400 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and explaining why there are no arguable grounds of error on appeal. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  It is settled that the Anders doctrine also applies in juvenile matters.  See In Re D.A.S., 973 S.W.2d 296, 299 (Tex. 1998) (extending Anders procedures to juvenile delinquency proceedings based, in part, on quasi‑criminal nature of proceedings).

A copy of counsel's brief has been delivered to appellant and to his father, and both have been advised that appellant has the right to file a pro se brief.  More than forty-five days have elapsed and no pro se brief 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 August 11, 2005.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Yates and Anderson.

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