Court Opinion

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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                 NO. 09-11-00010-CV
                               _________________

              IN RE COMMITMENT OF JOHN QUINCY WARREN

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                   On Appeal from the 435th District Court
                        Montgomery County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. 10-03-03046 CV
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                             MEMORANDUM OPINION

        A jury found John Quincy Warren suffers from a behavioral abnormality that

makes him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. The trial court civilly

committed Warren to a program of outpatient treatment and supervision to protect the

community. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

      After perfecting appeal, Warren’s appointed appellate counsel filed a brief

certifying that the appeal is frivolous. Appellate counsel’s brief presents counsel’s

professional evaluation of the record and asks this Court to accept the Anders brief. See

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); In re

Commitment of Rayson, No. 09–06–081–CV, 2007 WL 846555, *1 (Tex. App.—

                                           1
Beaumont Mar. 22, 2007, no pet.) (mem. op.). On January 12, 2012, we granted leave to

file a pro se brief. Appellant filed two responses which we have reviewed for arguable

error.

         We have reviewed the record and determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous.

The Anders brief filed by appellate counsel adequately presents the case, and additional

briefing by new counsel will not aid in the satisfactory submission of the appeal. Tex. R.

App. P. 38.9. We find no arguable error requiring further action in this case. The trial

court’s judgment ordering civil commitment is affirmed.1

         AFFIRMED.

                                                 ________________________________
                                                          HOLLIS HORTON
                                                               Justice

Submitted on September 28, 2012
Opinion Delivered October 11, 2012
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

         1
      Warren may challenge our decision by filing a petition for review with the Texas
Supreme Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 53.
                                             2