Opinion filed May 2 , 201 3



### In The 

# Eleventh Court of Appeals

__________ No. 11

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- 00365

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__________ JUAN ISAIAS CORTEZ , Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS , Appellee

On Appeal from the 10 6 th District Court Dawson County, Texas Trial Court Cause No . 11

- 7102

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
Juan Isaias Cortez pleaded guilty in November 2011 to sexual assault

. The trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed him on deferred adjudication community supervision for a term of ten years. The State subsequently filed a
motion to adjudicate alleging multiple violation s of the terms and conditions of community su pervision

. The trial court heard the motion to proceed on November 30, 2012. Appellant pleaded “not true” to all of the alleged violations . At the2 conclusion of the hearing, t he trial court found all of the alleged violations to be true, adjudicated app ellan t guilty of the charged offense, and assessed h is punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice for a term of fifteen years and a fine of $1,000

. We dismiss the appeal. Appellant’s court

- appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw. The motion is supported by a brief in which counsel professionally and conscientiously examines the record and applicable law and states that he has concluded that the appeal is frivolous. Counsel has provided app ellant with a copy of the b r ief and advised appellant of his right to review the record and file a response to counsel’s
brief. A response has not been filed. 1 Court

- appointed counsel has complied with the requirements of Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 7 38 (1967); In re Schulman
, 252 S.W.3d 403 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008); Stafford v. State , 813 S.W.2d 503 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); High v. State , 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); Currie
v. State , 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974); Gainous v. State , 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969); and Eaden v. State , 161 S.W.3d 173 (Tex. App.

— Eastland 2005, no pet.). Following the procedures outlined in Anders and
Schulman , we have independently reviewed the record, and we agree that the appeal is without merit an d should be dismissed. Schulman , 252 S.W.3d at 409. We note that counsel has the responsibility to advise appellant that he may file a petition for discretionary review with the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals seeking review by that court. T EX

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. P . 48.4 (“In criminal cases, the attorney representing the defendant on appeal shall, within five days after the opinion is handed down, send his client a copy of the opinion and judgment, along with notification of the defendant’s right to file a pro se pe tition

1 By letter, this c ourt granted Appellant thirty days in which to exercise his right to file a response to counsel’s brief.3 for discretionary review under Rule 68.”). Likewise, this court advises appellant that he may file a petition for discretionary review pursuant to T EX

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. P . 68. The motion to withdraw is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.

PER CURI AM

May 2 , 2013 Do not publish. See T EX

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. P. 47.2(b). Panel consists of: Wright, C.J., McCall, J., and Willson, J.