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______________________________ No . 0 6- 07 -0 01 86 -C R

______________________________ RODNEY PAUL

TOUPS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appea l from the 402nd Judi cial District Court

Wood C ounty , Texas Trial Court No. 18,812-2005

B e f o r e M o r r i s s , C

. J. , C a

rt e r an d M o s e l e y , JJ. Me mor and

um O pin ion

by Chi e f Jus tic e Mo rr issTo up s a lso ha s a c omp anio n a

pp e a l befo re thi s Co ur

t, c a us e numbe r 0 6- 07 -0 01 85 -C R, i n 1 wh ic h h e a

pp e a ls h is a dju dic a tio n o f guil t f or the of fe ns e of a ssa ult a g a ins t a pu bli c se rv ant. 2 MEMORANDUM OPI

NI ON Rodney Paul T oups appea ls f rom the adjudication of his guilt for the of fense of burg lary

of a habitation. See T EX . P EN A L C ODE ANN . § 30.02 (Ve rnon 2003). The trial c ourt sentenc ed Toups

1 to fifteen y ear s' imprisonment. Toups was repr esente d by appointed counsel at trial and by differ ent appointed counse l on appea l. Toups' a ppellate attorney

has filed a

brief in whic h he conc ludes that the appe al is frivolous and without merit, afte r a r eview of the re cord a

nd the re lated law. Appellate c ounsel states that he ha s studied the rec ord and finds no err or pre serve d for a ppeal that could be suc ces s fu l l y argued. The brief c ontains a prof essional eva luation of the re cord a nd advanc es one a

rg uable g round for revie w. This meets the re quirements of An de rs v . Ca lif or nia , 386 U. S. 7 38 (1 96 7) ; Sta

ffo rd v . S tat e , 813 S.W .2d 503 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); and Hi gh v . S tat e , 573 S.W .2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. [ Panel Op.] 1978). Couns e l ma ile d a

c op y of the br ie f to Tou

ps on F e br

ua ry 25 , 2 00 8, inf

or min g To up s o f h is ri g ht t o e xami ne the e nti re a pp e llate re c or d a

nd to f ile a pr o s e re sp on se . Co un se l si mul tane ou sly filed a motion with this C ourt seekingto withdraw a s counsel in t h i s appea l. This Court noti fied To up s th a t any

pr o se re sp on se wa s due on or be fo re Ma rc h 3 1, 20 08 . T ou

ps fi le d tw o mo tio ns to extend tim e to file his pro se r esponse, whic h wer e both g ra n t ed , m ak i n g his pro se re sponse due June 5, 20 08 . T ou

ps ha s n ot f

ile d a re sp on se , no r ha s he re qu e ste d a dd iti on a l ti me in w hic h to fi le such a r esponse.Since we ag ree this c ase prese nts no reve rsible err or, we also, in a ccor dance with An de rs , 2 g ra nt c ouns e l' s re qu e st to wi thd ra w fr om fu rt he r re pr e se ntatio n of To up s in thi s c a se . N o s ub sti tut e counsel will be a

ppointed. Should Toups wish t o seek f urther r eview of

this case by the Texas Court of Criminal Appea ls, Toups must either retain an attorney to file a petition for discre tionary revie w or Toups must f

ile a pro se petition for discre tionary revie w. Any

petition for discre tionary revie w must be filed within thirty d ay s fr o m t h e date of either this opinion or the last timely motion for re he ari ng that wa s o ve rr

ule d b y thi s Co ur t. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 68.2. Any petition for discre tionary revie w m ust be filed with this Court, afte r which it will be forwa rded to the Te x as Court of Criminal Appea ls along with the rest of the filings in this case

. See T EX . R. A PP . P

. 68.3. Any petition for discretionar

y revie w should comply

with the require men t s o f Rule 68.4 of the Te x as Rules of Appellate Proc edure

. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 68.4. 3 We have de termined that this appea l is wholly frivolous. We have inde pendently revie wed the c le rk ' s re c or d a

nd the re po rt e r' s r e c or d, and we a g re e that no argua

ble iss ue s su

pp or t an a pp e a l. Se e Bl e ds oe v . S

tat e , 178 S.W .3d 824, 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). We a ff ir m th e tr ia l c ourt ' s ju dg me nt. 2

J o s h R

. M o r r i s s , III Chief J ustice Date Submitted: J uly 10, 2008 Date D ecide d: J uly 11, 2008 Do No t Pu

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