in Re Commitment of Phillip Falcon Jr.

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-18-00049-CV
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IN RE COMMITMENT OF PHILLIP FALCON JR.
On Appeal from the 1A District Court
Newton County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 14129
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that Phillip Falcon Jr. (Falcon or
Appellant) is a sexually violent predator. The trial court rendered a final judgment
and an order of civil commitment. We affirm.
After perfecting appeal, Falcon’s appellate counsel filed a brief certifying that
the appeal is frivolous. Appellate counsel’s brief presents counsel’s professional
evaluation of the record and asks this Court to accept the Anders brief. See Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); In re Commitment of Rayson, No. 09-06-081-
CV, 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 2168 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Mar. 22, 2007, no pet.)
(mem. op.) (applying Anders procedure in a Chapter 841 civil-commitment appeal).
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On August 8, 2018, we granted leave to Falcon to file a pro se brief. On October 11,
2018, Appellant filed his pro se response which we have reviewed for arguable error.
We have reviewed the entire appellate record and determined that this appeal
is wholly frivolous. We conclude that the Anders brief filed by appellate counsel
adequately presents the case, and additional briefing will not aid in the satisfactory
submission on appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.9. We find no arguable error requiring
further action in this case. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
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LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
Submitted on November 13, 2018
Opinion Delivered November 29, 2018
Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.
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