NO. 07-09 -006 0-CR IN THE CO URT OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL D AU GU ST 19, 2009

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___ KEN NE TH LAW RE NC E, J R. , Appel lan t

v. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, Appel lee

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______ FRO M T HE 18 1 DIS T RI CT COU RT OF RA NDA L L COU NT Y; ST NO. 197 91-B; HON. DAVID L. GLEA SON, PRES IDING

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____ On Abatement and Remand

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRT LE, JJ. Kennet h Law re nce, Jr ., w as conv icted o f fail ing to re g is ter as a sex offender

. After tr ial co mmenced, he c hang ed hi s p lea to g uil ty and, after

a pu nis hment t ri al to t he c our t, puni shmentwas ass ess ed atten y ears c onfinement and a fine of $1,00 0.A n d e rs v . C a lifo rn ia , 3 8 6 U .S . 7 3 8 , 7 4 4 -4 5 , 8 7 S .C t. 1 3 9 6 , 1 8 L .E d .2 d 4 9 3 (1 9 6 7 ). 1 2 Appel lan t’ s a ppoi nted couns el filed a mot ion to w it hdraw , t og ether w it h an Anders 1 br ief w herein he cer

ti fied that, after dil ig entl y se archi ng the re cord, he co ncl uded t hat t he appeal was w it hout meri t. Along w it h his br ief, appell ate couns el atta ched a c opy of a l etter sentto appel lan t i nformin g hi m of couns el’ s bel ief that there w as no rev ersi ble er ro r and o f a p p e l l a n t ’ s r i g h tt o fi l e a re s p o n s e o r b r i e f pr o s e. By lette r dat ed July 9, 2009 , this court als o not ified appel lan t of his ri g ht to tender his ow n bri ef or

respo nse and set Aug ust10, 2009, as the d eadl ine to do s o. To date, no s uch br ief or respon se has been recei v ed. In co mp l i a n ce w it h the pr inc ipl es enunc iat ed i n Ander s, appel lat e c ounse l dis cus sed
v ar iou s p hases of the p ro ceedi ng i ncl udi ng 1) th e i n d ictment, 2)pre- tr ial moti ons, 3) obj ect ion s made dur ing the present ati on of ev ide nce, 4) the puni shmenthear ing , and 5) the s entenc e. Addi ti onal ly , app ell ate c ounse l dis cus sed the e ffect iv eness of tr ial co unsel and ex pla ine d w hy

he b eli ev ed th ere were no arg uabl e g ro unds for appe al. W e hav e als o condu cte d our ow n rev iew of the record pursuantto Staf for d v. St ate, 813 S. W .2d 5 04 ( Tex . C ri m. Ap p . 1 9 91)

. In do ing so , we as cer tai ned t hat, pr ior

to acc epti ng appel lan t’ s g uil ty pl ea, t he tr ial co urt fail ed to admoni sh him o f t h e rang e of pun ishm entand of

his possible d epo rtation if he was no t a citiz en o f the Unite d Sta tes. See T EX . C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . art. 26 .13 (a)(1) & ( 4) (Vernon 200 9) (req uiring the court to s o admoni sh a defendant prior t o ac cept ing hi s p lea of g uil ty ); Dun can v. State, 6 S.W .3d 7 94, 7 95 ( Tex . Ap p.–H oust on [1 D is t.] 1999, pet. ref’d)(di sc uss ing the fail ure of st the t ri al cour

t t o s o admoni sh the d efendant pr ior to his pl ea of

gu ilt y t o t he j ur

y ). An d,
w h il e t h e re are circumsta nces th at m ay rend er harm less the se om issions, th e record3

before u s i s n ot suffici ent to make that deter minat ion

. This i s s o bec ause a transc ri pti on of v oir dire was no t requeste d or m ade p art of t he app ellate record. It is therefore at lea st arg uabl e w hether

appel lan t’ s p lea of g uil ty was know ing and v olu ntar y . T hatbeing so, w e grant coun sel’s m o t io n to wi thd raw and aba te an d rem and this proce edin g to t h e t ri al court for the a ppo intm entof new coun sel. Th e trial court sha ll further order the new ly

appoi nted couns el to fil e an appel lan t’ s b rief , a s p e r the Texas Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re , dev elo ping t h e a forementi oned g ro und i f it prov es to be
v iab le and any

othe r g ro unds for appeal that mig ht suppo rt re v ersal or modi ficat ion of the ju d gm e n t

. An y re s p o n d in g b ri e f wh ic h t h e S t a t e wis h e s t o f il e sh a ll b e f il e d wit h in 3 0 d a ys af ter the f iling of

app ellant ’s brief

. F in a ll y, the trial court shall cause the na me , add ress, tel ephone number , and st ate b ar number of the n ew

cou n sel to be i ncl uded i n a suppl ementa l t ra n s c r i p t w h i c h s h a l l b e fi l e d w i t h t h e c l e r k o f t h e c o u rt b y S e p t e mb e r 18, 2009. Per C ur iam

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