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NUMBER 13-07-00628-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG 

 

QUENTIN JAMES LEE A/K/A
QUINTIN JAMES LEE,							 Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,							  Appellee.

On appeal from the 264th District Court 

of Bell County, Texas.

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Garza

 
	Appellant, Quentin James Lee a/k/a Quintin James Lee, (1) was charged by
information with possession of a controlled substance--cocaine--of a quantity less than
one gram.  Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115(a)-(b) (Vernon 2003); see id. §
481.102(3)(D) (Vernon Supp. 2007) (listing cocaine in the "Penalty Group 1").  Pursuant
to a plea agreement with the State, appellant pleaded guilty to the offense, and the trial
court deferred any finding of guilt and placed appellant on two years' deferred adjudication. 
	On February 9, 2006, the State filed a motion to adjudicate alleging that appellant
had violated a number of the conditions of his deferred adjudication community
supervision, including, among other things, the prohibition of drug and alcohol
consumption.  On August 18, 2006, in response to the State's motion to adjudicate, the trial
court revoked appellant's deferred adjudication and found him guilty of possession of a
controlled substance under a gram.  See id. § 481.115(a)-(b).  The trial court subsequently
sentenced appellant to two years' confinement in state jail probated for five years.  
	On October 25, 2006, the State filed a motion to revoke appellant's probation,
alleging numerous violations of the conditions of appellant's probation.  On July 26, 2007,
the trial court:  (1) revoked appellant's probation; and (2) sentenced appellant to sixteen
months' confinement in state jail.  See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.35(a) (Vernon Supp.
2007) (stating that "an individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony shall be punished by
confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days."). 
On August 22, 2007, the trial court certified appellant's right to appeal.  Appellant now
appeals the judgment of the trial court.
I. Anders Brief
	Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967), Lee's court-appointed
appellate counsel has filed a brief with this Court, stating that based on his review of the
record, this "appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit[,] and that no arguable points on
appeal or authorities to support such points are to be found in the record."  Although
counsel's brief does not advance any arguable grounds of error, it does present a
professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to
be advanced on appeal.  Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 n.3 (Tex. Crim. App.
1991).  
	In compliance with High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 813 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978),
appellant's counsel has carefully discussed why, under controlling authority, there are no
errors in the trial court's judgment.  Counsel has informed this Court that he has:  (1)
examined the record and found no arguable grounds to advance on appeal, (2) served a
copy of the brief on appellant, and (3) informed appellant of his right to review the record
and to file a pro se brief.  See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744; Stafford, 813 S.W.2d at 510 n.3. 
On December 6, 2007, appellant's counsel filed a motion for extension of time to allow
appellant additional time to file a pro se brief with this Court if he so desired.  Appellant's
counsel requested that the deadline be set for December 21, 2007, which we granted.  The
deadline has passed and appellant has not filed a pro se brief.
II. Independent Review

	Upon receiving an Anders brief, we must conduct a full examination of all the
proceedings to determine whether the case is wholly frivolous.  Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S.
75, 80 (1988).  We have reviewed the entire record and counsel's brief and have found
nothing that would arguably support an appeal.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824,
826-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005) ("Due to the nature of Anders briefs, by indicating in the
opinion that it considered the issues raised in the briefs and reviewed the record for
reversible error but found none, the court of appeals met the requirement of Texas Rule
of Appellate Procedure 47.1."); Stafford, 813 S.W.2d at 509.  Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment of the trial court.
III. Motion to Withdraw

	In accordance with Anders, appellant's attorney has asked this Court for permission
to withdraw as counsel for appellant.  See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744.  We grant his motion
to withdraw.  We further order counsel to notify appellant of the disposition of this appeal
and the availability of discretionary review.  See Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25, 27 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1997) (per curiam).
  

  
 DORI CONTRERAS GARZA,
							Justice

Do not publish.  
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).	
Memorandum Opinion delivered and 
filed this the 22nd day of May, 2008.
1.  Appellant is referred to as "Quentin James Lee" and "Quintin James Lee" in the record.  Based on
our review of the record, it is clear that the trial court is referring to the same person.  For purposes of this
appeal, we will refer to Lee as "appellant."