Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-05 10:10:47.348925+00
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Order filed February 2, 2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                              NO. 14-22-00158-CR
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                         DENNIS JACKSON, Appellant

                                        V.

                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 174th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 1606665

                                     ORDER

      Appellant’s appointed counsel, Adam Banks Brown, filed a brief in which
he concludes the appeal is frivolous, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel.
See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396 (1967). On December 27,
2022, we informed counsel that to ensure appellant’s rights pursuant to Anders are
protected, counsel had to deliver to appellant his motion to withdraw as counsel
either in person or by both certified and first-class mail at appellant’s last known
address. See Tex. R. App. P. 6.5(b). Although counsel’s motion certified the
motion was served on appellant by mail, it did not indicate whether the motion was
served on appellant by both certified and first-class mail at appellant’s last known
address. Counsel was requested to provide the court with a requisite certificate
regarding proper service of the motion by both certified and first-class mail at
appellant’s last known address within 10 days.

      As of this date, no response has been filed. Accordingly, we order counsel
to provide the court with the requested certificate within 10 days of the date of this
order. If counsel fails to comply with this order, his brief and motion may be
stricken, and the appeal abated for appointment of new counsel.

                                       PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Spain, Poissant, and Wilson.

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