Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2020-11-24 22:52:59.080938+00
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In The

                               Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

                              __________________

                                09-19-00347-CR
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                   CESAR ANTONIO SERMENO, Appellant

                                       V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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            On Appeal from the 397th Judicial District Court
                        Grayson County, Texas
                        Trial Cause No. 069462
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Cesar Antonio Sermeno was convicted by a jury of Aggravated Sexual

Assault of a Child and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas Department

of Criminal Justice. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021(a)(1), (a)(2)(B).1 Sermeno

timely filed this appeal.

      1
        This case was transferred to this Court from the Fifth Court of Appeals in
Dallas, Texas pursuant to a docket equalization order. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §
73.001.
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      Sermeno’s appellate counsel presented a professional evaluation of the record

concluding there were no meritorious issues for appeal. See Anders v. California,

386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.]

1978). When we address an Anders brief as an appellate court, we have the option

to determine: (1) that the appeal is wholly frivolous and issue an opinion explaining

that we reviewed the record and find no reversible error; or (2) that arguable grounds

for appeal exist and remand the cause to the trial court so that new counsel may be

appointed to brief the issues. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 (Tex.

Crim. App. 2005) (citations omitted).

      We have independently reviewed the entire record in this matter. From our

review of the record, we conclude no arguable issues exist to support an appeal, and

there is no reversible error. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment

of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511

(Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Given our conclusion that no arguable grounds exist to

support Sermeno’s appeal, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.2

      AFFIRMED.

                                                    _________________________
                                                         CHARLES KREGER
                                                              Justice

      2
         Sermeno may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.1.

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Submitted on May 6, 2020
Opinion Delivered November 18, 2020
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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