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----- ----- -- A j ur y convi ct ed A ppel l ant Jor ge C ast i l l o Zu l ayka a/ k/ a Jor ge C . Zul ayka ofaggr avat ed assaul t on a pub l i c ser vant w i t h a deadl y w eapon , and t he t r i al cour tsent enced hi m t o f ort y year s’ confi nem ent . Zul ayka al so ent er ed an open p l e a o f g u i l ty to th e c h a rg e o f u n l a w fu l p o s s e s s i o n o f a fi re a rm . T h e tri a l c o u rt2 ... 3 8 6 U .S . 7 3 8 , 8 7 S . C t. 1 3 9 6 (1 9 6 7 ). 2 f oun d Zu l ayka g u il ty o f t hatof f ense and sent enced hi m t o t w ent y year s’ confi nem ent . Zul ayka pl eaded t r ue t o t he enhan cem entpar agr aphs contai ned i n t he i ndi ct m ent s. Z u l a y k a ’s c o u rt -ap p o i n ted ap p e l l a te c o u n se l h a s fi l e d a m o ti o n to w i t hdr aw asco uns el an d a br i efi n s upportoft hatm ot i on. Couns el ’ s br i efan d m o t i o n m e e t t h e req u i rem e n ts o f A n der sv. Ca lif

o r n ia by pr es ent i ng a 2 p r o f e s s io n a l e v a lu a t io n o ft h e re c o r d d e m o n s t r a t in g w h yt h e r e a r e n o re v e r s ib le gr oundson a ppe al an d r ef er enc i ng any gr ounds t hat ar gua bl y m i ghts upportt he app ea l . Zul ayk a w as gi ven t he opport uni t y t o f i l e a pr o se br i ef , buthe di d not do s o.A s t he r evi ew i ng cou rt , w e m us tco nduc tan i nde pen den tev al uat i on of t he r ec or d t o de t er m i ne w het herco u n s e l i s cor r ec ti n de t er m i ni ng t hatt he a p p e a l i s fri v o l o u s . S e eS taffo rd v. S tate , 8 1 3 S . W . 2 d 5 0 3 , 5 1 1 ( T e x . C r i m. A p p . 1 9 9 1 ); Ma ys v. S tate , 904 S. W . 2d 920, 923 ( Te x. App.

— F o rtW o rt h 1 9 9 5 , n o p e t.). O n l yth e n m a yw e g ra n t c o u n s e l ’s m o ti o n to w i th d ra w . S ee Pen s o n v. O h io , 48 8 U . S . 75 , 82 –8 3, 10 9 S . C t . 34 6, 35 1 ( 19 88 ) . Because Z u l a y k a e n te re d a n o p e n p l e a o f g u i l tyto th e u n l a w fu l p o s s e s s i o n o f a fi re a rm char ge, our independ entr evi ew f orpot ent i al er r ori s l i m i t ed t o potent i al3

j ur i sd i ct i ona l de f ec t s, t he vo l u n t ar i nes s ofZul ayk a’ s pl ea , er r ort hati s not i ndep enden tofand suppo rts th e j udg m entofgui l t , and er r oroccur r i ng af t er e n tryo f th e g u i l typ l e a . S e eMo n rea l v. S tate , 9 9 S . W . 3 d 6 1 5 , 6 2 0 ( T e x . C r i m. A p p . 2 0 0 3 ); Yo ung v. S tate , 8 S .W .3 d 6 5 6 , 6 6 6

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– 5 ( T e x . A p p . — F o rtWo rt h N o v . 1 5 , 2 0 0 7 , n o p e t . ) ( me m. o p .) (n o t d e s i g n a te d fo r p u b l i c a ti o n ) (re v i e w i n g j u ri s d i c ti o n , v o i r d i re , e v i d e n ti a ry su f f i ci e ncy , ef f ec t i ve as si st anc e o fco uns el , j ur y c har ge, puni sh m ent , an d s e n te n c i n g ). W e have car ef ul l y r evi ew ed t he r ecor d and cou nsel ’ s br i ef . W e agr ee w i t h c ouns el t hatt hes e a ppe al s ar e w hol l y f r i vol ous an d w i t houtm er i t . W e f i nd n o th i n g i n th e re c o rd th a t m i g h t a rg u a b l y s u p p o rt th e a p p e a l s . See Bl eds oe v. S tate, 178 S . W . 3d 824, 827– 28 ( Tex. C r i m . A pp. 200 5) . W e t her ef or e g r ant coun sel ’ s m ot i on t o w i t hdr aw and af f i r m t he t r i al court ’ s j udg m ent s.

P E R CU R I AM PA N EL F: HO LM A N , G A RD N ER, an d W A LKER, JJ. DO NO T P UBLI SH T EX . R . A PP . P. 47. 2( b) DEL I VERE D: J ul y 3, 2008