JAMES ANDREW BLACK v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County
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Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 1, 2011. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-10-00615-CR ____________ JAMES ANDREW BLACK, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 182nd District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1203341 MEMORANDUM OPINION Pursuant to a plea bargain, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of murder and the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for fifteen years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The trial court granted permission to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2)(B). Appellant filed a notice of appeal. Appellant s appointed counsel filed a brief in which she 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), 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). At appellant s request, the record was provided to him. On January 10, 2011, appellant filed a pro se response to counsel s brief. We have carefully reviewed the record, 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. A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state. 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 Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Frost and Christopher. Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 2
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