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______________________________ No . 0 6- 08 -0 01 39 -C R

______________________________ J ESSI E RUI Z , Appellant

V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appea l from the Criminal District Court #4

Dallas County , Texas Trial Court No. F 07-24603-K

B e f o r e M o r r i s s , C
. J. , C a

rt e r an d M o s e l e y , JJ. Memorandum Opinion by J ustice MoseleyTh e c on vic tio n h avin g be e n in Da lla s Co un ty , th is c a se wa s o ri g ina lly a pp e a le d to the F if

th 1 Court of Ap pe a ls and wa s the n tr ans fe rr e d to thi s Co ur t by the Te xas S up re me Court purs ua nt t o it s docket equalization e ffor

ts. See T EX . G OV ' T C ODE ANN . § 73.001 (Ve rnon 2005). We are unawa re of any conflict be tween pr ece dent of the F ifth Court of Appea ls a nd that of this Court on any rele vant issue. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 41.3. Rui z ap pe a ls f

ro m si x co nv ic tio ns . In cau se numbe r 0 6- 08 -0 01 36 -C R, h e a pp e a ls a 2 c on vic tio n f

or po sse ssi on

of me tha mph e tamin e in a

n amou nt b e tw e e n f

our a nd 20 0 g ra ms, wi th int e nt t o d e liv e r, fo r whic h h e re c e ive d tw e nty y e ars ' and

fo ur months ' im pri so nme nt. I n c a us e numbers 06-08- 00137-C R a n d 0 6
- 0 8
- 0 0 1 3 8
- CR , h e a

p p e a ls c o nvictions for possession of mar ihuana in an amount betwe en four ounces a nd five pounds, and possession of less than one g ram of c ocaine , re sp e c tiv e ly . In th e se tw o c a se s, Rui z wa s se nte nc e d to tw o y e ars ' imp ri so nme nt i n a state -j a il fac ility , to r

un concur rently
. Ruiz also appea ls his conviction in cause number 06-08- 00140-CR of po sse ssi on

of me tha mph e tamin e in a

n amou nt b e tw e e n on e and fo ur g ra ms. Rui z wa s se nte nc e d in this case to five y ear s' imprisonment, to run concurr ently . Finally , in cause number 06-08- 00141- CR, Ruiz was c onvicted of attempting to take a we apon fr om a police of fice r, for which he r ece ived two y ears' imprisonment in a state-jail fa cility , to run conc urre ntly , and wa s assessed a $2,000.00 fine. 2 MEMORANDUM OPI

NI ON J essie Ruiz appeals from his c onviction in Dallas County for e vadingarr est. After pleading 1 g uil ty , th e jur

y a sse sse d h is p un ish me nt at tw o y e ars ' imp ri so nme nt i n a state -j a il f

a c ili ty . Ru iz pr e se ntl y ha s f ive oth e r c on vic tio ns c ur

re ntl y on a pp e a l be fo re thi s Co ur

t. 2 On app eal , Ruiz co nte nd s th a t hi s a pp ointe d c ouns e l' s f

a ilure to o bje c t w he n th e State explained parole la

w, mentioned plea

barg aining , and alleg edly inte rj ec t ed new evidenc e during
c los ingargume nts in t

he punis hme nt p ha se a mou nte d to ine ff

e c tiv e a ssi sta

nc e of c ouns e l. We addre ssed this issue in detail in our opinion of this date on Ruiz ' s appea l in cause numbe r 0 6-08-00136- CR. For the re asons stated ther ein, we likew ise conc lude that ineff ective a ssistance of counse l has not been shown.3

We affir m the judgme nt.

Ba iley C. Moseley J ustice Date Submitted: J anuar y 5, 2009 Date D ecide d: J anuar y 8, 2009 Do No t Pu

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