Terrence S. Pierre v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 29, 2010
• Docket: 14-09-00735-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed July 29, 2010.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-09-00735-CR

TERRENCE S. PIERRE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 262nd District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1173909

M E M O R A N D U M   OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of murder and made an affirmative finding on use a deadly weapon.  Appellant entered a plea of true to two enhancement paragraphs and the jury sentenced him to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal.

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), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and 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. (Tex. Crim. App.1991).  On June 25, 2010, appellant filed a pro se response to counsel’s brief.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief, and appellant’s response and agree the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in the record. We are not to address the merits of each claim raised in an Anders brief or a pro se response when we have determined there are no arguable grounds for review. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827–28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).

Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

                                                                        PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Brown, Sullivan, and Christopher.

Do Not Publish — Tex.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