### TEXA S C OU R T OF A PPEAL S, THIR D DIST R ICT , AT AU STIN
NO. 03- 09 -00 379 -CR
M at th e w Ar th ur M at th e ws , A ppe lla nt

v. The State of Texas, App ellee
F ROM THE DISTRICT CO URT OF COM AL COUNTY , 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR2005 -20 8 , HO NORAB LE CHARLES R. RAMSAY , JUDGE PRESIDI NG

M E M O R

A N D U M O P I N I O N Ap pe lla nt M a tth e w A rt

hur M a tth e ws ple d guil ty to f or g e ry of a wr iti ng purs ua

nt t o a plea ag ree ment and wa s g iven de fer red a djudication for e ighte en months. Nea r the e nd of that eig hteen- month pe riod, the trial court signe d an orde r extending Matthews’s per iod of supervision an additional twelve months to allow him to complete his r equire d community service hours, drug and alc ohol counseling , and psy cholog ical eva luation, but a bout six months into that new pe riod, the State filed a motion to proce ed with an adjudication of g uilt, allegingthat Matthews had missed a n ap p o i n t m en twi t h h i s p ro b at i o no ff i ce r; d i d n o tget h i s p ro b at i o no fficer’s p er m i s s i o nb ef o re m o v i n g; did no t pa y his mon thl y

su pe rv isi on fe e s; t e ste d po sit ive fo r m ari hu ana us e ; and fa ile d to c omp le te
an e du c a tio na l sk ill le ve l pr og ra m, s ub mit to a psyc ho log ic a l eva luatio n, or c omp le te a re qu ir e d o utpatient treatment prog ram. The trial court he ld a hea ring on the State’s motio n , d u ri ng which Matthews plea ded true to the alleg ations i n t h e S t ate’ s motion. The trial court then a djudicated M a t t h e w s ’ s g u i l tan d

s e n t e n c e d

h i m t o t w e n t y- f

o ur m o n t h s i na

s t a t e j a i l f

a c i l i t y. On appe al, Matthews’ s appointed attorney has filed a brief conc luding that the a ppeal is frivolous and without merit. Counsel’ s b ri ef m eets the r equire ments of An de rs v . Ca lif or nia ,No substitut e counsel will be appointed. Should Matthew s wish to seek fur ther re view of 1 his case by

the c o u rt o f c r im in a l a

p p e a ls , h e mu s t e it

h e r r e ta in an a tt o r

n e y to f il e a p e ti ti o nfor discretionar

y revie w or file a

pro se pe tition for discretionar y revie w. See ge nerally Tex. R. App. P. 68-79 (g overningproce ed i n gs i n t h e Tex as Court of Criminal Appea ls). Any petition for dis c re tio na

ry re vie w mus t be fi le d w ith in t hir ty da y s f ro m the date of

e ith e r t his op ini on

or the date th is Co u rt o v e r

r u le s th e la s t ti me ly mo ti o n f o r r e h e ar in g f

il e d

. See Tex. R. App. P . 68.2. The petition must be filed wi t h this Court, after whic h it will be forwar ded to the cour t of criminal appea ls along with the rest of the filing s in the cause

. See Tex. R. App. P . 68.3, 68.7. Any petition for discr etionary

revie w should comply

with rules 68.4 and 68.5 of the rules of

appellate proce dure. See Tex. R. App. P . 68.4, 68.5. 2 386 U.S. 738, 743-44 (1967), by prese nting a p rofessional evaluation of the rec ord and demonstrating that there are no arguable g rounds to be adva nced. Se e Pe ns on v . O hio , 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1 98 8) ; An de rs , 3 8 6 U
. S
. a t7 4 3

- 4 4; Hi gh v. Stat e , 573 S.W .2d 807, 811-13 (Te x . Crim. App. 1978). Matthew’ s attorney sent Matthews a copy of the brief and advised him that he had the r ight to examine the rec ord an d fi l e a p ro se br ief. Se e An de rs , 3 86 U. S. at 74 4; J ac k so n v . S tat e , 485 S.W .2d 553, 553 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972). No pro se br ief ha s been f iled. We h a ve c on sid e re d th e re c or d a nd c ouns e l’ s b ri e f a

nd a g re e that th e a

pp e a l is frivolous and without merit. We have r eviewe d the evidenc e pre sented to the jury and the pr ocedur es that wer e obser

ved and f ind nothing in the rec ord that mig ht arguably support the appe al. We g rant counsel’s motion to withdraw a nd aff irm the judg ment of convic tion. 1

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____________________ David Pury ear , J ustice Be fore J ustices Patterson, Pury ear and He nson Affir med Filed: May

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