Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-24 09:09:02.092529+00
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IN THE
                           TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                  No. 10-22-00144-CR

JAY AARON LEWIS,
                                                               Appellant
v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                               Appellee

                            From the 19th District Court
                             McLennan County, Texas
                            Trial Court No. 2018-1310-C1

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

       A jury found Appellant Jay Aaron Lewis guilty of the offense of driving while

intoxicated and assessed his sentence at six years’ incarceration.            The trial court

sentenced Lewis accordingly. Lewis then filed the present appeal. We will affirm.

       Lewis’s appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw and an Anders brief in

support of the motion asserting that he has diligently reviewed the appellate record and

that, in his opinion, the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct.

1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Counsel's brief evidences a professional evaluation of the
record for error and compliance with the other duties of appointed counsel.              We

conclude that counsel has performed the duties required of appointed counsel. See id. at

744, 87 S.Ct. at 1400; High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 812–13 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.]

1978); see also Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313, 319–20 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); In re

Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 407–09 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008).

        In reviewing an Anders appeal, we must, “after a full examination of all the

proceedings, . . . decide whether the case is wholly frivolous.” Anders, 386 U.S. at 744,

87 S.Ct. at 1400; see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 349–50, 102 L.Ed.2d 300

(1988); accord Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 509–11 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). An appeal

is “wholly frivolous” or “without merit” when it “lacks any basis in law or fact.”

McCoy v. Court of Appeals, 486 U.S. 429, 438 n.10, 108 S.Ct. 1895, 1902 n.10, 100 L.Ed.2d

440 (1988). Although provided the opportunity, Lewis has not filed a response to the

motion to withdraw or Anders brief. After a review of the entire record in this appeal,

we have determined the appeal to be wholly frivolous. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d

824, 826–28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's judgment.

        Counsel's motion to withdraw from representation of Lewis is granted.

                                          MATT JOHNSON
                                          Justice

Lewis v. State                                                                         Page 2
Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Johnson, and
       Justice Smith
Affirmed
Motion granted
Opinion delivered and filed March 22, 2023
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