Jacob Cody Dodge v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 128th District Court of Orange County
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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont _________________ NO. 09-09-00287-CR _________________ JACOB CODY DODGE, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 128th District Court Orange County, Texas Trial Cause No. A-070679-R ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found Jacob Cody Dodge to be guilty of manslaughter and assessed punishment at nine years of imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.04 (West 2003); see also Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.33 (West Supp. 2010). We affirm the judgment. On appeal, Dodge s counsel filed a brief that presents counsel s professional evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 1 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On October 21, 2010, we granted an extension of time for the appellant to file a pro se brief. Dodge has not filed a response. We reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel s conclusion that no arguable issues support an appeal. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826-27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court s judgment.1 AFFIRMED. ________________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice Submitted on February 9, 2011 Opinion Delivered February 23, 2011 Do Not Publish Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ. 1 Appellant may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68. 2
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