Chris Allen Beam Jr. v. The State of Texas Appeal from 258th District Court of Polk County (memorandum opinion by chief justice mckeithen)
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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-14-00436-CR ____________________ CHRIS ALLEN BEAM JR., Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 258th District Court Polk County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23382 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Chris Allen Beam Jr. pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The trial court sentenced Beam to twenty years in prison. Beam’s appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional evaluation of the record and concludes Beam’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 Beam to file a pro se brief, but we received no response from Beam. 1 We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have independently examined the clerk’s record and the reporter’s 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. 1 Compare Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment. AFFIRMED. ______________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice Submitted on December 31, 2015 Opinion Delivered February 3, 2016 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ. 1 Beam may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68. 2
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