Court Opinion

ID: 9555232
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-11 07:10:15.013743+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:56.929314
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In The

                               Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                              NO. 09-22-00243-CR
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                    ROYCE EDWARD LARKIN, Appellant

                                        V.

                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                      On Appeal from the 1A District Court
                            Jasper County, Texas
                           Trial Cause No. 13903JD
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant Royce Larkin was convicted of murder, a first-degree felony, and

sentenced to life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal

Justice. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b)(1). The jury also assessed a fine of

$10,000. We affirm.

      Larkin’s appellate counsel filed an Anders brief that presents counsel’s

professional evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous; he then

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filed a motion to withdraw as counsel. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). Larkin was notified

of his right to file a pro se brief, but we received no response from Appellant. We

have reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel’s conclusion that no

arguable issues support an appeal. 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). We affirm the trial court’s judgment.1

      AFFIRMED.

                                           ________________________________
                                                     JAY WRIGHT
                                                         Justice

Submitted on July 19, 2023
Opinion Delivered August 9, 2023
Do Not Publish

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Wright, JJ.

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          Larkin may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
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