William Paul Semien v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 19, 2014
• Docket: 09-13-00582-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-13-00582-CR ____________________

WILLIAM PAUL SEMIEN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the Criminal District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 13-17919 ________________________________________________________ _____________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A jury found William Paul Semien guilty of sexual assault as a habitual

felony offender and assessed punishment at fifty-five years of imprisonment.

Semien’s appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional

evaluation of the record and concludes Semien’s appeal is frivolous. See Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App.

1978). We granted an extension of time for Semien to file a pro se brief, but we

1 received no response from Semien. We have determined that this appeal is wholly

frivolous. We have independently examined the appellate record, and we agree that

no arguable issues support an appeal. We find it unnecessary to order appointment

of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Compare Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503,

511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment. 1

AFFIRMED.

______________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice

Submitted on November 12, 2014 Opinion Delivered November 19, 2014 Do Not Publish

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

1 Semien may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68. 2