Draper, Roderick D. v. State ( 2002 )

Affirmed and Opinion filed August 1, 2002

Affirmed and Opinion filed August 1, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00147-CR

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RODERICK D. DRAPER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 209th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 870,654

M E M O R A N D U M  O P I N I O N

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine.  On January 16, 2002, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for twenty-five years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed a notice of appeal.

Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which she concludes that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967), by 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).  As of this date, no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief and agree that 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.

Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed August 1, 2002.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and Frost.

Do not publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).