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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                      NO. 03-07-00203-CR
                                      NO. 03-07-00204-CR

                                    Lori Ann Reed, Appellant

                                                 v.

                                  The State of Texas, Appellee

      FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
       NOS. 59141 & 59142, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING

                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

               After entering guilty pleas with no plea agreement, appellant Lori Reed was convicted

of the offenses of delivery of a controlled substance, to wit, methamphetamine in an amount less than

one gram, constituting a state jail felony, and in an amount more than one gram and less than four

grams, constituting a second degree felony. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112

(West 2003).

               Appellant’s court-appointed attorney filed a brief concluding that the appeal is

frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are

not arguable grounds to be advanced. See also Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988); High v. State,

573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).
Appellant received a copy of counsel’s brief and was advised of her right to examine the appellate

record and to file a pro se brief.

                By letter to this Court, appellant has filed a response challenging the State’s

allegations. She, in effect, asserts that she received ineffective assistance of counsel and that her

counsel did not represent her appropriately or adequately. She also asserts that she assisted in

helping law enforcement make controlled buys, that she has suffered retaliation, and that she was

never found in actual possession of any illegal drugs. She also contests the paperwork on which she

was booked and charged and to which she pleaded guilty.

                We have independently examined the record as well as counsel’s brief, the State’s

brief in response, and appellant’s submission. We find nothing in the record that might arguably

support an appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel’s brief, and appellant’s pro se response, we

agree with counsel that the appeal is without merit.

                We note that counsel has the responsibility to advise appellant that she may file

a petition for discretionary review by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ex parte Owens,

206 S.W.3d 670 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Likewise, this Court advises appellant that she may file

a petition for discretionary review pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 66.

                Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted and the trial court’s judgments

are affirmed.

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                                   __________________________________________

                                   Jan P. Patterson, Justice

Before Justices Patterson, Pemberton and Waldrop

Affirmed

Filed: August 3, 2007

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