See T EX

. P EN AL C OD E A NN

. § 2 2 .0 1 1 (a )( 1 )( A ) (V e rn o n S u p p . 2 0 0 9 ). 1
S e e i d

. § 25

. 02 (V ern on S up p. 20 09 ). E nh an c em en t pa rag rap hs m ad e ap pe l l an t s ub j e c t t o 2 p u n i s h m e n t u n d e r s e c ti o n 1 2 .4 2 (d ) o f th e p e n a l c o d e , see T EX

. P EN AL C OD E A NN

. § 12. 42( d) ( Ver non Supp. 20 09 ) ( pro vi di ng for pu ni s hm en t ran ge of 25 t o 99 y ea rs or l i fe i n p ri s on ), an d s ec t i on 12

. 42 (c)(2)(A )( i ), (B)(i i ), s e e i d

. § 1 2 .4 2 (c )( 2 )( A )( i ), (B )( i i ) (V e rn o n S u p p . 2 0 0 9 ) (p ro v i d i n g fo r m a n d a to ry l i fe s e n te n c e ). 

# NUM BER 13-09- 0024 2-CR 

# 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

JOSE COL IN, A pp ellan t,

v. TH E STA

TE OF T EXAS, A pp ellee.

On ap pe al f rom th e 2 14t h Dist rict C ou rt o f

Nu eces C ou nty , T exas .


# ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON
B efo re C h ie f Ju st ic e Va ld ez a n d J u st ic es Y añ ez a n d G arza

M emo rand um Opin ion b y Ju stice Ya ñe z A j ur y found a p p ell ant, Jos e C oli n, g uil ty of one c ount of sex ual as saul t and one 1



## c o u n to f p r o h i b i t e d s e x u a l c o n d u c t

. T h e t r i a l c o u rts e n t e n c e d a ppel l a n tt o l i fe 2 

## impr is onment o n the se x ual as saul t offe n se a nd fort y y ears’ i mpri sonmenton t heSee i d

. § 3 .0 3 (b )( 2 )( A ) (V e rn o n S u p p . 2 0 0 9 ). 3
W e no t e t hat al t hough coun sel ’ s br i efdoe s not speci f i cal l y ci t e A nd ers , we know ofno r equi r em ent 4 t ha t i t do so , a s i t m ee t s a l l t he requ i rem en t s of Ander s. See I n r

e Schulm an , 252 S. W

. 3d 4 03, 407 n. 9 ( T ex. C r i m
. App. 2008) ( “ I n T exas, an A nd ers br i efneed no t speci f i cal l y adv ance ‘ ar guabl e’ poi nt s of er r or i fcoun sel f i nds n one, but i t m ust pr ov i de r ecor d r ef er ences t o t he f act s and pr ocedur al hi st or y and set out per t i nent l egal aut hor i t i es. ” ) ( ci t i ng H a w k in s v . S ta te , 11 2 S

. W

. 3d 34 0, 34 3-4 4 (T ex
. A pp
. –C orp us C hri s t i 20 03 , no pe t

. )) ; S ta ffo rd v . S ta te , 8 1 3 S .W .2 d 5 0 3 , 5 1 0 n .3 (T e x . C rim . A p p . 1 9 9 1 ).

H i g h v . S ta te , 5 7 3 S .W .2 d 8 0 7 , 8 1 3 (T e x . C rim . A p p . [ P a n e l O p .] 1 9 7 8 ). 5
S ee A nd ers , 386 U

. S. at 744 ; S t aff ord , 8 1 3 S .W .2 d a t 5 1 0 n .3 ; see a l so I n r e Schulm an , 252 S. W

. 3d 6 a t 4 0 9 n .2 3

. T h e T e x a s C o u rt o f C rim i n a l A p p e a l s h a s h e l d th a t “th e p ro s e re s p o n s e n e e d n o t c o m p l y w i th t he rul es of ap pe l l ate pro c ed ure i n ord er t o be c on s i de red

. R athe r, t he res po ns e s ho ul d i de nti fy for t he co urt t hose i ssues whi ch t he i ndi gent app el l ant bel i ev es t he co ur t shou l d consi der i n de ci di ng whet her t he ca se pre s en t s an y m eri t ori ou s i s s ue s
. ” I n r e Schulm an , 252 S. W

. 3d at 409 n. 23 (qu oti ng W i l s o n v . S ta te , 955 S

. W

. 2d 69 3, 69 6-9 7 (T ex
. A pp
. –W ac o 1 99 7, no pe t

. ))

.

See I n r e Schulm an , 2 5 2 S .W .3 d a t 4 0 9 n .2 3

. 7 

## 2 proh ibited sex ual assa ult of fense , w ith the sent ence s to run con secut iv ely. The trial court 3



## c er ti fi ed a pp el l an t’ s r i g htt o ap pe al , an d th i s a pp ea l fol l ow ed

. W e affi r m. I. A N D ERS 

## B RI EF 

## Pursuantto And ers v. California , 386 U .S. 738, 7 4 4 ( 1967) , app ell ant’ s c ourtappoi nted appel lat e couns el has filed a br ief w it h thi s Cou rt , sta ti ng thathi s rev iew of the

re co rd yield e d no grou n d s o r er ro r up o n w h i c h an ap p e a l ca n be pre d ica te d . A lt h o u gh

couns el’ s b ri ef does n ot advance any arg uabl e g ro unds of error , i t doe s p re senta pr ofessi onal ev alu ati on of the re cord demonstrati ng w hy there ar e no arg uabl e g ro unds to be a dvanced on ap pea l. 4 

## In c ompli ance w it h Hi

gh v . St ate , a p p e ll a n t ' s c o u n s e l h a s c a re f u ll y d is c u s s e d wh y, 5 

## under co ntroll ing auth or it y , t her e are no er ro rs in the tr ial cour 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 cord and found no arg uabl e g ro unds to ad v ance on appe al, ( 2) se rv ed a copy of the br ief and couns el’ s motion to w it hdr aw on app ellant , and (3) i nforme d ap pellan t of h is right t o rev iew

t he record and t o f ile a pro se

re spons e. M or e tha n an adeq uate per iod of ti me has pass ed, and appel lan t has not fil ed

6


## a pro s e r espon se. 7P e n s o n v . O h io , 4 8 8 U .S . 7 5 , 8 0 (1 9 8 8 ). 8
S e e B l e d s o e v . S ta te , 17 8 S

. W

. 3d 82 4, 82 6-2 8 ( T ex
. C ri m
. A pp
. 20 05 ) ( “D ue t o t he na t ure of A nd ers 9 bri efs , by i nd i c ati ng i n t he op i ni on t ha t i t c on s i de red t he i s s ue s rai s ed i n t he bri efs an d revi ew ed t he rec ord fo r re v e rs i b l e e rr o r b u t fo u n d n o n e , t h e c o u r t o f a p p e a l s m e t t h e re q u i re m e n t o f T e x a s R u l e o f A p p e l l a te P ro c e d u re 4 7 .1 .”); S t aff ord , 8 1 3 S .W .2 d a t 5 0 9

. S ee A nd ers , 386 U

. S. at 744 ; see also I n r e Schulm an , 252 S

. W

. 3d a t 408 n. 17 ( ci t i ng Jef f er y v. 10 S ta te , 903 S. W

. 2d 776, 779

- 80 ( T ex. App. –D al l as 19 95, no pet

. ) ( not i ng t hat “ [ i ] fan at t or ney bel i ev es t he appea l i s fr i v ol ous, he m ust w i t hdr aw fr om re pr esent i ng t he appel l ant

. T o wi t hdr aw fr om r epr esent at i on, t he appoi nt ed a t t or ney m ust f i l e a m ot i on t o wi t hdr aw accom pani ed by a br i efshowi ng t he a ppel l at e cou r t t hat t he a p p e a l i s frivo l o u s .”) ( c i ta ti o n s o m i tte d ))

.

See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 4 8 .4 ; see also I n re Schulm an , 2 5 2 S .W .3 d a t 4 1 2 n .3 5 ; Ex part e O w ens , 206 11 S .W .3 d 6 7 0 , 6 7 3 ( T e x . C rim . A p p . 2 0 0 6 ). N o s u b s ti tu te c o u n s e l w i l l b e a p p o i n te d

. S h o u l d a p p e l l a n t w i s h to s e e k fu rth e r re v i e w o f th i s c a s e b y th e T e x a s C o u rt o f C rim i n a l A p p e a l s , h e m u s t e i th e r re ta i n a n a tto rn e y to f i l e a pet i t i on f or di scr et i ona ry re vi ew o r fi l e a pr o se pet i t i on f or di scr et i onar y r ev i ew. Any pet i t i on f or di scr et i onar y r ev i ew m ust be f i l ed wi t hi n t hi r t y day s f r om t he d at e ofei t her t hi s opi ni on o r t he l ast t i m el y m ot i on fo r re h e a rin g th a t w a s o v e rr u l e d b y th i s C o u rt. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 68. 2. Any pet i t i on f or di scr et i onar y r ev i ew m u s t b e fi l e d w i th th i s C o u rt, a fte r w h i c h i t w i l l b e fo rw a rd e d to th e T e x a s C o u rt o f C rim i n a l A p p e a l s
. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 6 8 .3 ; 6 8 .7

. A n y p e ti ti o n fo r d i s c re ti o n a ry re v i e w s h o u l d c o m p l y w i th th e re q u i re m e n ts o f R u l e 6 8 .4 o f th e T e x a s R u l e s o f A p p e l l a te P ro c e d u re
. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 68. 4. 

## 3 II. I NDEPE NDENT 

## R EVI EW 

## Upo n r ecei v ing an And ers br ief, w e mustco nducta full ex aminat ion of all the pr oceedin gs to de ter mine w hether the cas e i s w hol ly

fri v olo us. W e hav e r ev iew ed th e

8 

## enti re r ecord and couns el' s bri ef and hav e f ound nothi ng that w oul d arg uabl y su ppor t an app eal. Ac cordin g ly , w e aff ir m the jud g ment of the tr ial co urt i n eac h c ase.

9 

## III
. M OT I ON TO 

## W IT H D R AW 

## In ac cordance w it h And ers , app ell ant’ s a ttor 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. W e g ra nt c ounse l’ s mot ion to w it hdr aw
. 10 

## W it hin fiv e day s o f the dat e of thi s C our t’ s o pin ion , c ounse l is order ed to se nd a copy of the o pin ion and jud g ment t o appel lan t and to adv is e appel lan t of hi s r ig ht t o fil e a p e t it io n fo r d is c re t io n a ry r e vie w. 11



## Do not p ubl is h. T EX


## . R. A PP 

## . P. 47 .2(b). Del iv er ed and filed the 19th day of Aug ust , 201 0.