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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
CORPUS CHRI ST I - 

## EDI NBURG

M ICH A EL A LV

A REZ , A pp ellan t,

v . TH E ST A

TE OF T EXA S, A pp ellee.

On ap pe al f rom th e 3 19t h Dist rict C ou 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, B en av ide s, an d Vela M emo rand um Opin ion b y Ju stice R od rigu ez Appel lan t M ic hael Al v ar ez ch all e n ges his co nv ic ti on for family v iol ence ass aul t, a thi rd -d eg re e felony , for w hic h he w as sent enced to four y ear s' i mpri sonment

. See T EX

. P EN AL C OD E A NN . § 22.01( a) (1 ), (b) (2 )( A) ( Ver non Su pp. 2 009)

. By tw o i ss ues, Al v ar ez2

ar g ues that the t ri a l co u rt er re d i n ( 1) al low ing hear say ev ide nce, and (2 ) admit ti ng pr ior

ac ts o f mi s c on du c t. W e affi r m. I. B A CKGRO UND Alv arez w as indicte d as f ollows: [T ]ha t [Alvarez ], on or abou t F e b ru a ry 24, 200 8, . . . did th en a nd th ere int enti onal ly , k now ing ly or r eck les sl y

ca use bodi ly

i nju ry to Al ice Al v ar ez , a me mb er of

the de f end ant 's fa mily or a me m b e r o f t he d ef end ant 's house hol d, .

. . by

placi ng her in f ear

of seri ous bodi ly

inju ry and caus ing her bodi ly i nju ry and caus ing her

bodi ly i nju ry and pai n [s ic ]. See i d. Th e indictm ent also alleged th at Alvarez had bee n previously convicted of

f am ily

v iol ence ass aul t i n J une 200 7. Alv arez pleade d no t guilty to the charge, and the case w as tried to a jury . Th e jury

re tur ned a v er dic t of g uil ty , and the tr ial co urt s entenc ed Al v ar ez to four y ear s' i ncar cer ati on in th e I n st it u ti onal D iv is ion of the Tex as Dep artment of Cr imi nal Ju sti ce. Thi s a ppeal

ensue d.
II. D I S CUS S I ON By two iss u e s, Al v ar ez co mplai ns of the admi ss ion of hear say and pr ior

ac ts of mis condu ct. H ow ev er , as ide f rom the g ener al ass erti on of hi s i ss ues, w e ar e unabl e to discern th e exact natu re o f A lv arez's argume nts beca use, in h is b rief , he d oes n ot direct the C our t t o t h e porti ons of the r ecor d tha t c ontai n the al leg ed er ro rs , i f any , by the tr ial

cour t and pr ov ide s no subs tanti v e leg al anal y si s of his appar ent c omplai nts

. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 3 8.1( i) ; Segundo v. Stat e , 270 S.W .3d 7 9, 106 (Tex . C ri m. App. 2008) ( op. o n

re h 'g) (c it in g Al var

ado v . St ate , 9 1 2 S.W .2d 1 99, 2 10 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1995) ) (o ther cit a ti o n s o m it te d ) (e xpla in in g th a t it is n o t a revie wing co u rt 's res p o n sib ili ty to w a d e th ro u gh3

the r ecord in an att em pt to v erif y an ap pellan t's claims). Th e sub stan ce of Alv arez's

ar g ument i s n ot ap par ent from his sta tement of fact s. And the ar g ument por ti on of hi s b ri ef

cons is ts almost e nti re ly of blo ck q uotes from c ases w it hout any att endant anal y si s t hat

w oul d ai d the C our

t i n dec iph er ing Al v ar ez 's ar g uments

. See Busb y v. Stat e , 253 S.W .3d 661, 6 7 3 ( T e x. Crim . Ap p. 20 08) ( hol din g that a r ev iew ing co urt has "no o bli g ati on to

cons tr uct and compos e appell ant' s i ss ues, facts , and ar g uments "). W e the re fore c oncl ude that Al v ar ez has ina deq uatel y br iefed his is sues on appeal and thus w aiv ed any r ev iew by thi s C our t. See G ar

z a v . St ate , 290 S.W .3d 4 89, 4 91 (Tex

. App.–C or pus Chr is ti 2009, pet.

re f'd). Al v ar ez 's i ss ues ar e ov er ru led

. III

. C ONCL US I ON The ju dg ment of the tr ial co urt i s a ff ir med.

NE LDA V. RO DR IGU EZ J u s t i c e Do not p ubl is h. T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 47 .2(b). Del iv er ed and filed the 5th d ay of Aug ust , 201 0.