Ricardo Enrique Vergara v. State ( 2015 )

FILE COPY COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK TERRIE LIVINGSTON TIM CURRY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER DEBRA SPISAK 401 W. BELKNAP, SUITE 9000 JUSTICES FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76196-0211 CHIEF STAFF ATTORNEY LEE ANN DAUPHINOT LISA M. WEST ANNE GARDNER TEL: (817) 884-1900 SUE WALKER GENERAL COUNSEL BILL MEIER FAX: (817) 884-1932 CLARISSA HODGES LEE GABRIEL BONNIE SUDDERTH www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa August 12, 2015 Ricardo Enrique Vergara Goodman Unit #01989599 349 Private Road 9430 Jasper, TX 75951 RE: Court of Appeals Number: 02-15-00122-CR 02-15-00123-CR Trial Court Case Number: 1403603R 1403601R Style: Ricardo Enrique Vergara v. The State of Texas Dear Mr. Vergara: Your court-appointed attorney, Peter Smythe, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel on appeal and a brief supporting that motion in the above cause. In these documents, your attorney has certified that, in his opinion, any appeal of your conviction would be wholly frivolous and without merit. Your court-appointed attorney, Peter Smythe, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel on appeal and a brief supporting that motion in the above cause. In these documents, your attorney has certified that, in his opinion, any appeal of your conviction would be wholly frivolous and without merit. Your attorney states that copies of the motion and brief have been delivered to you. Your attorney also states that a copy of the record on appeal has been provided to you should you wish to review it for the purpose of filing a pro se response to the Anders brief in which you point out any alleged errors that you feel were committed in your trial. FILE COPY 02-15-00122-CR August 12, 2015 Page 2 Please inform this court within fourteen (14) days of the date of this letter whether, upon examination of the record provided by your attorney, you desire to file a pro se response to the Anders brief. If you inform the court that you wish to file a pro se response to the Anders brief, the court will then set a due date for your response to be filed. If you do not advise this court of your intentions within fourteen (14) days of the date of this letter, this court will assume that you do not wish to file a pro se response to the Anders brief and that you have nothing to add to the brief filed by your attorney. Respectfully yours, DEBRA SPISAK, CLERK By: Rene Wallace, Deputy Clerk cc: Peter Smythe Peter Smythe, P.C. 835 E. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 264 Arlington, TX 76011 Debra A. Windsor Assistant District Attorney 401 W. Belknap St. Fort Worth, TX 76196-0201 Criminal District Clerk, Tarrant County Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center 401 W. Belknap, 3rd Floor Fort Worth, TX 76196-0402