Court Opinion

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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
       ___________________________

            No. 02-22-00113-CR
       ___________________________

          JASON PEREZ, Appellant

                      V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS

   On Appeal from the 213th District Court
          Tarrant County, Texas
        Trial Court No. 1664900D

 Before Sudderth, C.J.; Birdwell and Bassel, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant Jason Perez pleaded guilty to violating a protective order twice

within a 12-month period, a third-degree felony. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art.

17.292; Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.072(e). Following a punishment hearing, the trial

court sentenced Perez to five years in prison.1 Perez appeals his conviction.

      After reviewing the record and concluding that no arguable grounds for appeal

exist, Perez’s court-appointed appellate counsel filed a motion to withdraw as counsel

and a brief in support of that motion. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744–45, 87

S. Ct. 1396, 1400 (1967). Counsel’s brief and motion meet the requirements of

Anders.   Counsel has presented a professional evaluation of the entire record

demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds for relief. Id., 87 S. Ct. at 1400.

Perez has not filed a response on his own behalf. The State also declined to file a

response. We have independently examined the record, as is our duty upon the filing

of an Anders brief. See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991);

Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922–23 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1995, no pet.); see also

Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 82–83, 109 S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988).

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       Perez also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a different cause number and
received a sentence of 25 years’ confinement. His appeal of that conviction was
dismissed by this court. See Perez v. State, No. 02-22-00112-CR, 2023 WL 3521899
(Tex. App.—Fort Worth May 18, 2023, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not
designated for publication).

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      After carefully reviewing the record and counsel’s brief, we agree with counsel

that this appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Our independent review of the

record reveals nothing further that might arguably support the appeal. See Bledsoe v.

State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827–28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); see also Meza v. State, 206

S.W.3d 684, 685 n.6 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

      We grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

                                                     /s/ Bonnie Sudderth

                                                    Bonnie Sudderth
                                                    Chief Justice

Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: February 8, 2024

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