Mendoza, Juan v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 23, 2003
• Docket: 14-03-00081-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Opinion filed October 23, 2003

Affirmed and Opinion filed October 23, 2003.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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      NO. 14-03-00080-CR

      NO. 14-03-00081-CR

JUAN MENDOZA, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 179th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 897,791 & 898,160

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offenses of aggravated robbery and aggravated sexual assault.  On January 16, 2003, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 25 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed pro se notices of appeal.

Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes the appeals are 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 the appeals are 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 judgments of the trial court are affirmed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed October 23, 2003.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Hudson, and Fowler.

Do Not Publish C Tex.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