Case Name: Joe Leyba RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1972-02-23
Citations: 476 S.W.2d 309
Docket Number: No. 44848
Parties: Joe Leyba RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 476
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
Joe Leyba RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 44848.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 23, 1972.
M. N. Garcia, Austin, for appellant.
Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., and Michael J. McCormick, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, and Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, ten years imprisonment.
The appellant's court-appointed counsel on appeal has filed a brief which raises no ground of error and states "Counsel further finds there is no other error upon which a non-frivolous appeal might be based." The record does not reflect that a copy of the brief was served upon the appellant as is required by Anders v. Calfornia, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.Crim.App.1969); Holder v. State, 469 S.W.2d 184 (Tex.Crim.App.1971); Barber v. State, 471 S.W.2d 814 (Tex.Crim.App.1971). This appeal will be abated until the record shows that there has been a compliance with the above cited authorities. See Simmons v. State, 475 S.W.2d 787 (Tex.Crim.App.1972); Ex parte Grant, 476 S.W.2d 702 (Tex.Crim.App.1972).
For the reasons stated, the appeal is abated.
Opinion approved by the court.