Court Opinion

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In The
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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              No. 06-08-00140-CR
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              JESSIE RUIZ, Appellant

                          V.

         THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

    On Appeal from the Criminal District Court #4
                Dallas County, Texas
          Trial Court No. F07-24604-K

     Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter
                                   MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Jessie Ruiz appeals from his conviction in Dallas County1 for possession of

methamphetamine in an amount between one and four grams. After pleading guilty, the jury

assessed his punishment at five years' imprisonment. Ruiz presently has five other convictions

currently on appeal before this Court.2

       On appeal, Ruiz contends that his appointed counsel's failure to object when the State

explained parole law, mentioned plea bargaining, and allegedly interjected new evidence during

closing arguments in the punishment phase amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel.

       We addressed this issue in detail in our opinion of this date on Ruiz's appeal in cause number

06-08-00136-CR. For the reasons stated therein, we likewise conclude that ineffective assistance

of counsel has not been shown.

       1
         The conviction having been in Dallas County, this case was originally appealed to the Fifth
Court of Appeals and was then transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its
docket equalization efforts. See TEX . GOV 'T CODE ANN . § 73.001 (Vernon 2005). We are unaware
of any conflict between precedent of the Fifth Court of Appeals and that of this Court on any relevant
issue. See TEX . R. APP . P. 41.3.
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         Ruiz appeals from six convictions. In cause number 06-08-00136-CR, he appeals a
conviction for possession of methamphetamine in an amount between four and 200 grams, with
intent to deliver, for which he received twenty years' and four months' imprisonment. In cause
numbers 06-08-00137-CR, 06-08-00138-CR, and 06-08-00139-CR, he appeals convictions for
possession of marihuana in an amount between four ounces and five pounds, possession of less than
one gram of cocaine, and evading arrest, respectively. In these three cases, Ruiz was sentenced to
two years' imprisonment in a state jail facility, to run concurrently.                     In cause
number 06-08-00141-CR, Ruiz was convicted of attempting to take a weapon from a police officer,
for which he received two years' imprisonment in a state jail facility, to run concurrently, and was
assessed a $2,000.00 fine.

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      We affirm the judgment.

                                     Jack Carter
                                     Justice

Date Submitted:    January 5, 2009
Date Decided:      January 8, 2009

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