Jasmine Marie Torres v. State ( 2011 )


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  • Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 17, 2011.
    In The
    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
    ____________
    NO. 14-11-00511-CR
    NO. 14-11-00512-CR
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    JASMINE MARIE TORRES, Appellant
    V.
    THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
    On Appeal from the 208th District Court
    Harris County, Texas
    Trial Court Cause Nos. 1229619 & 1301028
    MEMORANDUM OPINION
    In cause number 1229619, appellant entered a plea of guilty, without an agreed
    recommendation on punishment, to aggravated robbery with the use of a deadly weapon.
    On August 26, 2010, the trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed appellant on
    community supervision for six years.     The State subsequently moved to adjudicate
    appellant’s guilt, alleging that appellant had committed another aggravated robbery
    offense with the use of a deadly weapon. Appellant entered a plea of true to the State’s
    motion to adjudicate. In cause number 1301028, appellant entered a plea of guilty,
    without an agreed recommendation on punishment, to the second aggravated robbery
    offense. On June 6, 2011, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for twenty
    years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in each
    case, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Appellant filed a timely notice of
    appeal in each case.
    Appellant’s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes that these appeals
    are wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v.
    California, 
    386 U.S. 738
    , 
    87 S. Ct. 1396
    (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of
    the records and 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 records and file a pro se response. See Stafford v. State, 
    813 S.W.2d 503
    , 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). As of this date, more than forty-five days has
    passed, and no pro se response has been filed.
    We have carefully reviewed the records and counsel’s brief and agree that these
    appeals are wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in the
    records. We are not to address the merits of each claim raised in an Anders brief or a pro
    se response when we have determined there are no arguable grounds for review. See
    Bledsoe v. State, 
    178 S.W.3d 824
    , 827–28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).
    Accordingly, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.
    PER CURIAM
    Panel consists of Justices Brown, Boyce, and McCally.
    Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
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Document Info

Docket Number: 14-11-00512-CR

Filed Date: 11/17/2011

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/23/2015