Tookes, Theron Ray v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 19, 2002
• Docket: 14-02-00060-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Affirmed and Opinion filed December 19, 2002

Affirmed and Opinion filed December 19, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00060-CR

THERON RAY TOOKES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 405th District Court

Galveston County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 01CR0252

O P I N I O N

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of murder.  On November 30, 2001, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000.00 fine.  Appellant filed a pro se 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 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 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 December 19, 2002.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and Frost.

Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).