Floyd Patrick Winters v. State

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-16-00097-CR
NO. 09-16-00098-CR
NO. 09-16-00099-CR
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FLOYD PATRICK WINTERS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 163rd District Court
Orange County, Texas
Trial Cause Nos. B150410-R, B150413-R & B150416-R
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
In open pleas, Floyd Patrick Winters (Winters) pleaded guilty in two cases to
felony possession of a controlled substance (enhanced to second-degree felonies
based on a prior felony conviction), and in one case to felony possession of
marijuana. The trial court accepted Winters’s guilty pleas and found him guilty in
all three cases. The trial court sentenced Winters to ten years in prison for each of
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the felony of a controlled substance charges and two years in state jail for the
felony possession of marijuana charge, with the sentences to be served
concurrently.
Winters’s appellate counsel filed a brief in all three proceedings that presents
counsel’s professional evaluation of the records and concludes that the appeals are
frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573
S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On October 7, 2016, we granted an extension
of time for Winters to file pro se briefs. We received no response from Winters.
We have independently reviewed the appellate records and we agree with
counsel’s conclusion that no arguable issues support the appeals. Therefore, we
find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeals. Cf.
Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial
court’s judgments.1
AFFIRMED.
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LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
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Winters may challenge our decision in these cases by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
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Submitted on January 9, 2017
Opinion Delivered January 11, 2017
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.
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