Jackson, Ernest v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 21, 2002
• Docket: 14-02-00104-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Opinion filed November 21, 2002

Affirmed and Opinion filed November 21, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00104-CR

ERNEST JACKSON, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 248th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 854,513

O P I N I O N

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child.  On March 14, 2001, the trial court entered an order deferring adjudication of guilt , placing appellant on community supervision for eight years and imposing a fine of $7,500. Appellant was also ordered to perform 800 hours of community service.  The State subsequently moved to adjudicate guilt.  On December 6, 2001, the trial court adjudicated appellant guilty of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced appellant to confinement for 30 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal.

Appellant's appointed counsel 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, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), by 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).  As of this date, no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief and agree that 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 Opinion filed November 21, 2002.

Panel consists of Justices Edelman, Seymore, and Fowler.

Do not publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).