Lacey Odell Taylor v. State ( 2019 )

Opinion filed April 18, 2019
In The
Eleventh Court of Appeals
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No. 11-18-00258-CR
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LACEY ODELL TAYLOR, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 70th District Court
Ector County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. A-16-1454-CR
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The jury convicted Lacey Odell Taylor of two counts of tampering with
physical evidence: the first count related to a human corpse and the second related
to cleaning the crime scene. Appellant pleaded true to an enhancement allegation,
and the jury assessed his punishment at confinement for sixty years for the first count
and twenty years for the second count. We affirm.
Appellant’s court-appointed counsel has filed in this court a motion to
withdraw. The motion is supported by a brief in which counsel professionally and
conscientiously examines the record and applicable law and concludes that the
appeal is frivolous and without merit. Counsel provided Appellant with a copy of
the brief, a copy of the motion to withdraw, and a copy of both the clerk’s record
and the reporter’s record. Counsel advised Appellant of his right to review the record
and file a response to counsel’s brief. Counsel also advised Appellant of his right to
file a petition for discretionary review with the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals seeking review by that court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68. Court-appointed
counsel has complied with the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967); Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); In re Schulman, 252
S.W.3d 403 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008); and Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991).
Appellant has not filed a response to counsel’s Anders brief. Following the
procedures outlined in Anders and Schulman, we have independently reviewed the
record, and we agree that the appeal is frivolous and without merit.1
We grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the judgments of the
trial court.
PER CURIAM
April 18, 2019
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Stretcher, J., and Wright, S.C.J.2
Willson, J., not participating.
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We note that Appellant has a right to file a petition for discretionary review pursuant to TEX. R.
APP. P. 68.
2
Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired), Court of Appeals, 11th District of Texas at Eastland,
sitting by assignment.
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