DocketNumber: 09-06-00512-CR
Filed Date: 8/1/2007
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/10/2015
John Leslie Low entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to the second degree felony offense of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. See Act of May 28, 2003, 78th Leg., R.S., ch. 1019, § 3, 2003 Tex. Gen. Laws 2963, amended by Act of May 27, 2005, 79th Leg., R.S., ch. 788, § 3, 2005 Tex. Gen. Laws 2709 (current version at Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 22.02(a)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2006)); Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 12.33 (Vernon 2003). The trial court convicted Low and imposed a sentence of twenty years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division.
On appeal, Low's counsel filed a brief that presents counsel's professional evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On March 29, 2007, we granted an extension of time for the appellant to file a pro se brief. We received no response from appellant.
We reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel's conclusion that no arguable issues support an appeal. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826-27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court's judgment. (1)
AFFIRMED.
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STEVE McKEITHEN
Chief Justice
Submitted on July 2, 2007
Opinion Delivered August 1, 2007
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
1. Appellant may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.