Opinion issued Novem ber 1 , 201 8

In The 

## Court of Appeals For The 

## First District of Texas

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- CR

——————————— MARTIN HERNANDEZ , Appellant

V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from 1 67 t h District Court Tr a v i s County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION A fter his pretrial motion to suppress evidence was denied, a ppellant, Martin Hernandez, pleaded guilty to the thir d

- degree felony offense of driving while
intoxicated , third offense or more

— enhanced to a second

- degree felony , with an2

agreed punishment recommendation of five years’ confinement

. 1 In accordance with his plea bargain with the State, t h e trial court found appellant guilty as charged
and assessed his punishment at fi v e years ’ confinement

. This sentence is within the applicable sentencing range

. 2 The trial court certified that , although this was a plea

bargain case, matters were raised by a written mo tion filed and ruled upon before trial and not withdrawn or waived, and that appellant had the right of appeal. See
T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 25.2(a)(2) (A)

. A ppellant timely filed a notice of appeal and new counsel was appointed

. 3 Appellant’s appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw , along with an Anders brief stating that the record presents no reversible error and that, therefore , the appeal is without merit and is frivolous. See Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738,
87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967)

. Counsel’s brief meets the Anders requirements by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and supplying th is C ourt with references to the record and legal authority

. See id. at 744 , 87 S. Ct. at 1400 ; see also High v.

1 See T EX
. P ENAL C ODE A NN . § § 49.04 (a) , 4 9.0 9 (b) (2) (West 201 1 ).

2 See T EX
. P ENAL C ODE A NN
. § § 12.3 3 (a) , 12.42(a) (West 201 1 ).

3 The Texas Supr e me C ourt trans f erred t his a p peal f

rom the T hird Court of Appeal s to this C o urt pursuant to its d ocket equalization powers. See T EX
. G OV ’ T C ODE A NN
. § 7 3 .001 (West 2 0 1 3 ) ; Misc. Docket No. 17

- 9066 (Tex. June 20, 2017)

. W e are unaware of any conflict between the precedent of the Third Court of Appeals and that of this Court on any relevant issue. See T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 41.3 (transferee court of appeals must decide case in accordance with precedent of transferor court under stare decisis if transferee court’s decision would have been inconsistent)

.3

State , 573 S.W.2d 807, 812 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). Counsel indicates that he has thoroughly reviewed the record and that he is unable to advance any grounds of error that warrant reversal. See Anders , 386 U.S. at 744 , 87 S. Ct. at 1400 ; Mitchell v.
State , 193 S.W.3d 153, 155 (Tex. App.

— Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, no pet.). Appellant’s c ounsel has informed us that he has delivered a copy of the motion to withdraw and Anders brief to appellant and informed him of his right to file a pro

se response after getting access to the record s . See In re Schulman , 252 S.W.3d 403, 408 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). Furthermore, counsel has certified that he has sent the form motion for pro se access to the record s to appellant for his response

. See Kelly
v. State , 436 S.W.3d 313, 322 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). Appel lant has not filed any
pro se response to his counsel’s Anders brief and his deadline has expired

. We have independently reviewed the entire record in this appeal, and we conclude that no reversible error exists in the record, that there are no arguable grounds for review, and that therefore the appeal is frivolous. See Anders , 386 U.S. at 744, 87 S. Ct. at 1400 (emphasizing that reviewing court

— and not counsel

— determines, after full examination of proceedings, whether the appeal is wholly
f rivolous) ; Garner v. State , 300 S.W.3d 763, 767 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009) (reviewing court must determine whether arguable grounds for review exist ); Bledsoe v. State , 178 S.W.3d 824, 826

– 2 7 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005) (reviewing court is not to address merits of each claim raised in Anders brief or pro se response after determining there4

are no arguable grounds for review) ; Mitchell , 193 S.W.3d at 155. An appellant may challenge a holding that there are no arguable grounds for appeal by filing a petition for discretionary review in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Bledsoe , 178 S.W.3d at 827 & n.6. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court and grant counsel’s
motion to withdraw

. 4 See T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 43.2( a )

. Attorney Dal Ruggles must immediately send the required notice and file a copy of that notice with the Clerk of this Court. See T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 6.5(c). We dismiss any other motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley , and Massenga l e . Do not publish. T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 47.2(b).

4 Appointed counsel still has a duty to inform appellant of the result of this appeal and that he may, on his own, pursue discretionary review in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Bledsoe v. State , 178 S.W.3d 824, 826

– 27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).