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## COURT OF A PP EA LS
T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS
C OR P U S C H R I S T I - E D I N B U R G

CH RIST OPH ER QUA RT A RO, A pp ellan t,

v . TH E ST A

TE OF T EXA S, A pp ellee.

On a p p ea l f ro m th e 14 8t h D is tr ic t C o u rt of N ue ces Co un ty , T exas .



## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON
Be fo re Ju stice s R od rigu ez, Garza, a nd B en av ide s M em o ra n d u m Op in io n b y J u st ic e Ga rza Appel lan t, Chr is topher

Quar tar o, w as ind ic ted b y

a N ueces C ounty g ra nd j ur y on Sep tem ber 22, 200 6 w ith one coun t of f irst-degree mu rder and one coun t of ev adin g arrest

or detent ion usi ng a v ehi cl e, a sta te j ail felony

. See T EX

. P EN AL C OD E A NN

. § 19 .02 (b)(1), (2 ), ( c) ( Ver non 200 3) ; id. § 38 .04 (a), (b)(1) (Verno n 20 03). O n Novembe r 1, 200 6, a jury
fou n d Q u a rtar o g uil ty

and sent enced hi m to l ife i n pr is on w it h a $ 10,000. 00 fine for th e2

murde r char g e and tw o y ear s’ i mpri sonment w it h a $ 10,000. 00 fine for th e c har g e of

ev adi ng ar re st or

dete nti on us ing a v ehi cl e. Quar tar o now appeal s t he j udg ment of the tr ial

c ou r t. W e affi r m.
I. C OMP LI A NCE WI TH A N D ERS V
. C A L IF O R N IA
Pur suant to And ers v. Ca lifornia , 386 U.S. 738 , 744 (1967 ), Quarta ro’s

cour t- appoi nted appel lat e c ounse l has filed a br ief w it h this C our t, sta ti ng that hi s r ev iew
of the r ecor d yie ld s “no meri tor iou s i ss ue[s ] t o br ing forw ar d for re v iew .” C ounse l’ s b ri ef

me e t s t h e r e q u i r e me n t s o f And ers , as it prese nts a prof ession al evaluation of the record
demonst ra ti ng w hy

there ar e no ar g uabl e gr ounds to be adv anced on a ppeal

. See Staff ord

v. Stat e , 813 S.W .2d 5 03, 5 10 n. 3 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1991) ( en banc ).
In c ompli ance w it h Hi

gh v . St ate , 573 S.W .2d 807 , 813 (Tex. Cr im. A p p . 197 8),

couns el has car efull y

di sc uss ed w hy , under cont ro ll ing author it y , ther e ar e no er ro rs i n the
tr ial co ur t' s j udg ment. C ounse l has infor med thi s C our t t hat h e has: ( 1 ) ex amined the

re cor d and found no ar g uabl e g ro unds to ad v ance on appe al, ( 2) se rv ed a copy of t he br ief

on a ppe llant, a nd (3) inf orme d ap pellan t of his right t o revi ew the record and to f ile a pro

se br ief. See Ande rs , 386 U .S. at 74 4; Staff ord , 813 S.W .2d at 510 n.3. No pr o s e br ief
has been fil ed.
II. I NDEPE NDENT R EVI EW Upo n r ecei v ing an And ers br ief, w e must co nduct a full ex aminat ion of all the
pr oceed ing s t o det er mine w hether the cas e is w hol ly friv olo us. Pen son v. Oh io , 488 U .S. 75, 8 0 ( 1988)

. W e hav e r ev iew ed th e ent ir e r ecor d and couns el' s b ri ef and hav e found
not hing tha t w ould arguably supp ort an a ppe al. Se e Bl edsoe v. Sta te , 178 S.W .3d 8 24,
8 2 6

- 2 8 ( T e x

. C r i m

. A p p

. 2 0 0 5 ) ( “ D u e t o t h e n a t u r e o f And ers br iefs, by

i ndi cat ing i n the3

opi n io n t h a t it cons ide re d the i ss ues ra is ed i n the br iefs and r ev iew ed th e r ecor d for

rev ersible error but f oun d no ne, the cou rt of app eals m et the requireme nt of Te x as Rule

o f A p p ell ate P ro cedur e 47. 1.” ); Sta fford , 8 1 3 S

. W

. 2 d a t 5 0 9

. A c c o r d i n g l y , w e a ffi rm the jud g ment of the tr ial co urt.
III

. M OT I ON TO W IT H D R AW In ac cor dance w it h And ers , Q uar tar o’s att or ney

has as ked thi s C our

t for per mis si on
to w it hdr aw

as co unsel for a ppel lan t. See Ande rs , 386 U.S. at 74 4. W e g ra nt hi s mot ion
to w it hdr aw

. W e further or der couns el to noti fy appel lan t of t he dis posi ti on of thi s a ppeal
and t he av ail abi li ty

of dis cr eti onar

y r ev iew

. See Ex par

te Wil son , 9 5 6 S

. W

. 2 d 2 5 , 2 7 (T e x. Crim. App . 199 7) (per curiam).

DO RI C ON TRER AS G AR ZA, J u s t i c e Do not p ubl is h. T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv er ed and filed thi s t he 3r d day

of Jul y , 200 8.