Court Opinion

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                      NO. 03-04-00702-CR

                               Irene Mendez Palomo, Appellant

                                                v.

                                  The State of Texas, Appellee

 FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 277TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
        NO. 04-356-K277, HONORABLE KEN ANDERSON, JUDGE PRESIDING

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               A jury convicted appellant Irene Mendez Palomo of two counts of aggravated sexual

assault of a child, for which it imposed prison terms of thirty-five and sixty-nine years. See Tex.

Pen. Code Ann. § 22.021 (West Supp. 2005). The jury also imposed a $10,000 fine for each count.

               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 no

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);

Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.

Crim. App. 1969). Appellant received a copy of counsel’s brief and was advised of her right to
examine the appellate record and to file a written response to counsel’s brief. She did so in the form

of a letter to the Court.

                We have reviewed the record, counsel’s brief, and appellant’s written response. We

agree with counsel that the appeal is frivolous. We find nothing in the record that might arguably

support the appeal. See Bledsoe v. State, No. PD-300-04, 2005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1969, at *7-

8 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 16, 2005). Counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted.

                The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

                                               __________________________________________

                                               Bea Ann Smith, Justice

Before Justices B. A. Smith, Patterson and Puryear

Affirmed

Filed: February 16, 2006

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