Reginald Charles LeBlanc v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 29, 2004
• Docket: 01-03-00703-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-03-00703-CR

REGINALD CHARLES LeBLANC, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from County Criminal Court at Law No. 7

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1152028

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

               A jury found appellant guilty of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The court assessed punishment at confinement in jail for 180 days, probated for one year, and a fine of $700. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal.

               We abated the appeal and remanded the case to the trial court in response to a motion for a free reporter’s record filed by appellant’s retained counsel, Gerald Fry. We directed the trial court to conduct an indigency hearing.

               We received a supplemental clerk’s record that includes the following findings signed by the trial court:

1.On 25 February 2004, the trial court asked for announcements in the case. The State appeared through an assistant district attorney. Appellant appeared with his attorney, Gerald Fry.

2.Appellant stated that he did not want to participate in an indigency hearing because he was not indigent.

3.Appellant further stated he had lost interest in his appeal and would not pay for a record.

The trial court concludes that appellant has abandoned this appeal. The trial court recommends that the appellate court dismiss the appeal.

               We may consider an appeal without briefs if the trial court has found that the appellant no longer desires to prosecute the appeal, or that the appellant is not indigent, but has not made the necessary arrangements for filing a brief. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(4). Here, the trial court found that appellant no longer desires to prosecute the appeal. Accordingly, we consider this appeal without briefs.

               We have reviewed the clerk’s record for fundamental error and find none. See Ashcraft v. State, 802 S.W.2d 905, 906 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1991, no pet.); Meza v. State, 742 S.W.2d 708, 708-09 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1987, no pet.).

               We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack, and Justices Alcala and Bland.

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).