NO. 03-14 -00545

- CR

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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

__________________________________________________________________

RICHARD LEE POLLARD,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

Appellee

_________________________________________________________________

Appeal in Cause No. CR6692 in the

424 th Judicial District Court of Llano County, Texas

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BRIEF FOR APPELLEE

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OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY

33 RD and 424 th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Wiley B. McAfee, District Attorney

P. O. Box 725, Llano, Texas 78643

Telephone Telecopier

(325) 247 -5755 (325) 247 -5274

By: R. Blake Ewing

Assistant District Attorney

State Bar No. 24076376

asstda2@burnetcountytexas.org

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE

March 13, 2015

ORAL ARGUMENT WAIVED ACCEPTED

03-14-00545-CR

4499342

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

3/13/2015 4:36:50 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKii IDENTITY OF THE PARTIES

Trial Court

Honorable Dan Mills (now former)

424 th Judicial District

Burnet County Courthouse Annex (North)

1701 East Polk St., Suite 74

Burnet, TX 78611

Trial Counsel for Appellee

Anthony J. Dodson

Assistant District Attorney

P. O. Box 725

Llano, Texas 78643

(325) 247

- 5755

State Bar No. 05927200

Rob ert Blake Ewing

Assistant District Attorney

1701 E. Polk St., Suite 24

Burnet, Texas 78611

(512) 756

- 5449

State Bar No. 24076376

Appellate Counsel for Appellee

Robert Blake Ewing

Assistant District Attorney

1701 E. Polk St., Suite 24

Burnet, Texas 78611

(512) 756

- 5449

State Bar No. 24076376iii

Trial Counsel for Appellant

Richard D. Davis

P.O. Box 398

Burnet, TX 78611

(512) 756

- 5117

State Bar No. 05537100

rdd@austin.twcbc.com

Barton Joseph Vana

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 398

Burnet, TX 78611

(512) 756

- 5117

State Bar No. 24084441

Appellate Counsel for Appellant

Ri chard D. Davis

P.O. Box 398

Burnet, TX 78611

(512) 756

- 5117

State Bar No. 05537100

rdd@austin.twcbc.com

Appellant

Richard Lee Pollard

TDCJ #01934170

SID #02166353

Wallace Pack Unit

2400 Wallace Pack Rd.

Navasota, TX 77868iv TABLE OF CONTENTS

Identity of the Parties........................................................................................ ii

Table of Authorities...........................................................

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Statement of t he Case..........................................

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Statement on Oral Argument.................................................

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Reply to Issues Presented..........................................................

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Statement of the Facts.................................................................

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Summary of the Argument and Argument

- Reply to Issue No. 1........................................................

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The State agrees that no reversible error

exists in the record of this cause and that the

appeal herein is frivolous.

Prayer for Relief.......................

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Certificate of Word Count...........................................................

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Certificate of Service...............................................

..................... ..................... 6v TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases

Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2nd 492 (1967)

....... 4

High v. State , 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978)

................................. 4

Penson v. Ohio , 488 U.S. 75, 109 S. Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 1988)

............... 4

Constitutions

None cited

Statutes/Rules

TEX. R. APP. PROC. 38.1(d)

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- 14

- 00545

- CR

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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

______________________________________

RICHARD LEE POLLARD,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

Appellee

______________________________________

Appeal in Cause No. CR 6692

in the 424 th Judicial District Court of

Llano County, Texas

____________________________

BRIEF FOR APPELLEE

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS :

COMES NOW the State of Texas, hereinafter called Appellee, and submits

this brief pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure in

support of the State’s request to affirm the judgment of the trial court.2 STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant ha s adequately desc ribed the Statement of the Case, although the

undersigned will provide a separate statement of the case supported by record

refer e nces to assist the Court. TEX. R. APP. PROC. 38.1(d).

Appellant was indicted for the offense of Driving Wh ile Intoxicated 3 rd or

More on August 13, 2013. C

. R. 6. The State gave notice of its intent to seek an

enhanced penalty range on Jan 2, 2014 and amended its notice on April 23, 2014.

C

. R

. 16

- 17, 37

- 38

. The State moved to amend and interlineate the indictment on

April 23, 2014. C

. R

. 39

- 40. The trial court granted the State’s motion over

Appellant’s objection

. R

. R

., Vol. 3 , pp . 4

- 6.

Appellant proceeded to trial on June 16, 2014 and entered a plea of not

guilty. R

. R

., Vol. 4, p p

. 1, 18. After he aring evidence, the jury returned a verdict

finding Appellant guilty of the offense of Driving While Intoxicated 3 rd or More as

charged in the indictment. C

. R

. 64. Appellant timely filed his election to have the

jury assess punishment. C

. R

. 59. Upon co nclusion of the punishment phase of

trial the jury returned its verdict assessing punishment at confinement in the3

Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of

life. C

. R

. 71. Notice of Appeal was timely filed . C

. R

. 8 0

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STATEMENT ON ORAL ARGUMENT

The undersigned waives oral a rgument. The undersigned does not believe

that Oral Argument will be beneficial for this case for the reas on that the issues are

straight forward and devoid of any novel or complex questions

. Should the Court

believe that oral a rgument will assist the Court in any way, the undersigned will

accommodate the Court.

REPLY TO ISSUE PRESENTED

Reply To Issue One: The State agrees that no reversible error exists in the

record of this cause and that the appeal herein is

frivolous.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

Appellant’s statement of the facts is adequate, and the undersigned believes

that Appellant’s statement is supported by the record with only one discrepancy.

Appellant notes that the State introd uced at the punishment phase of trial evidence4

of Appellant ’s prior convictions, and state s that one of those convictions was for

“intoxication manslaughter.” APPELLANT’S BRIEF 3. The conviction

referenced by Appellant was, in fact, for involuntary mans laughter under the law

as it existed in 1981 . R.R., Vol. 7, STATE’ S EXHIBIT 15.

In all other respects, the undersigned believes that Appellant has accurately

stated the facts of the case.

S UMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT AND ARGUMENT ON

REPLY TO ISSUE NO. 1

(1) The State agrees that no reversible error exists in the record

of this cause and that the appeal herein is frivolous.

Appellant seeks to appeal his conviction and sentence. Appellant’s appellate

counsel describes various arguable grounds for appeal and explains why such

grounds do not support a finding of reversible error. The State of Texas has fully

reviewed the reco rd and agrees that there was no reversible error committed in the

trial proceedings and that the appeal thereof is frivolous. See Anders v. California

,

386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2nd 492 (1967); Penson v. Ohio , 488 U.S. 75,

109 S. Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988); and High v. State , 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex.

Crim. App. 1978).5 PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellee prays the Court deny

Appellant’s appeal and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Respectfully submitte d,

OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY

33 RD and 424 th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Wiley B. McAfee, District Attorney

P. O. Box 725

Llano, Texas 78643

Telephone Telecopier

(325) 247

- 5755 (325) 247

- 5274

By: /s/ R. Blake Ewing

___________ R. Blake Ewing

Assistant District Attorney

State Bar No. 24076376

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE6 CERTIFICATE OF WORD COUNT

This is to certify that the pertinent portion of this brief contains 608 words

printed in Times New Roman 14 font according to the Microsoft WordTM 2013

word count tool.

/s/ R. Blake Ewing

_____________ R. Blake Ewing

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true copy of the above and foregoing inst rument,

together with this proof of service hereof, has b een forwarded by email on the 13th

day of March, 2015 , to Mr. Richard D. Davis, Attorney for Appellant, at

rdd@austin.twcbc.com

.

/s/ R. Blake Ewing

_____________ R. Blake Ewing

A ssistant District Attorney