Robert Alan Copprell v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 143rd District Court of Ward County

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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ROBERT ALAN COPPRELL, ) No. 08-04-00338-CR

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Appellant, ) Appeal from

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v. ) 143rd District Court

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THE STATE OF TEXAS, ) of Ward County, Texas

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Appellee. ) (TC# 00-03-04295-CRW)

O P I N I O N

Robert Alan Copprell appeals his conviction for aggravated robbery. Appellant waived his right to a jury trial and entered a plea of guilty before the trial court. The trial court found Appellant guilty and sentenced him to ten years confinement, suspended the sentence and placed Appellant on ten years community supervision. The State filed a motion to revoke Appellant s community supervision providing that Appellant had violated the terms of his community supervision. Following a hearing at which Appellant pled not true to the allegations, the trial court found the allegations true in part, adjudicated Appellant s guilt, and assessed punishment at eight years in the Texas Department of Corrections Institutional Division. We affirm.

FRIVOLOUS APPEAL

Appellant s court-appointed counsel has filed a brief in which he has concluded that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, 87 S. Ct. 1396, reh. denied, 388 U.S. 924, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1377, 87 S. Ct. 2094 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why, in effect, there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex.Crim.App. 1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex.Crim.App. 1974); Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex.Crim.App. 1972); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.Crim.App. 1969). A copy of counsel s brief has been delivered to Appellant, and Appellant has been advised of his right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se brief. No pro se brief has been filed.

The record reflects that Appellant was admonished of the consequences of his guilty plea. Appellant made a judicial confession admitting his guilt. We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel s brief and agree that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal. The judgment is affirmed.

August 16, 2005

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

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