Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 01:23:38.562747+00
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In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-12-00493-CR
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                   JUDITH AMANDA COOPER, Appellant

                                        V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                On Appeal from the 252nd District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 10-09517
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant Judith Amanda Cooper

pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. The trial court found the evidence sufficient

to find Cooper guilty, but deferred further proceedings, placed Cooper on

community supervision for five years, and assessed a fine of $500. The State

subsequently filed a motion to revoke Cooper’s unadjudicated community

supervision. Cooper pleaded “true” to four violations of the conditions of her

community supervision. The trial court found that Cooper violated the conditions
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of her community supervision, found Cooper guilty of aggravated assault, and

assessed punishment at seven years of confinement.

      Cooper’s appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional

evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573
S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On January 10, 2013, we granted an

extension of time for appellant to file a pro se brief. We received no response from

Cooper.

      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. Compare

Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial

court’s judgment.1

      AFFIRMED.

                                      _________________________________
                                              STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                  Chief Justice

Submitted on April 30, 2013
Opinion Delivered May 8, 2013
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Gaultney and Horton, JJ.

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