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NOS. 12-22-00068-CR
                                          12-22-00069-CR

                             IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                 TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

                                         TYLER, TEXAS

KRISTI DESHA PERRYMAN,                                §       APPEALS FROM THE 7TH
APPELLANT

V.                                                    §       JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
APPELLEE                                              §       SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS

                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                          PER CURIAM
       Kristi Desha Perryman appeals her convictions for the offenses of exploitation of a
disabled individual. Appellant’s counsel filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967) and Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137
(Tex. Crim. App. 1969). We affirm.

                                              BACKGROUND
       Appellant was indicted in separate cases for the offenses of exploitation of a disabled
individual. 1 Both indictments alleged the same offense but named a different victim.
       Appellant thereafter waived a jury trial and entered a plea of “guilty.” The trial court
accepted Appellant’s plea and deferred a finding of guilt. On April 2, 2020, the trial court placed
Appellant on deferred adjudication community supervision for a five-year period and ordered
Appellant to pay $10,500.00 in restitution to the victims.
       In December 2021, the State filed Motions to Adjudicate Guilt for each case in which the
State alleged that Appellant violated numerous terms of her community supervision.             The

       1
           See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.53(c) (West 2016).
violations centered around failures to appear for drug testing, testing positive for
methamphetamine, failure to complete community service, and failure to pay monies owed for
various fees and restitution assessed against her. Appellant entered a plea of “true” to certain
allegations but “not true” to other violations.
         The trial court held a hearing on the State’s Motion on February 10, 2022. At the
hearing, the State presented two witnesses. David Golz, the State’s first witness, is the technical
director and responsible person for the Alere Toxicology Services Laboratory located in Gretna,
Louisiana.      La’Mia Prymus, the Smith County Community Supervision and Corrections
Department officer assigned to manage Appellant’s community supervision, also testified for the
State. Appellant testified on her own behalf.
         Prymus testified that Appellant failed to report to probation and submit to a required drug
test on two occasions. She further testified that Appellant tested positive for methamphetamine
on two other occasions. She finally testified that Appellant failed to pay certain required fees.
Golz testified that the two specimens submitted contained methamphetamine, according to the
lab report prepared by his office. Appellant denied taking methamphetamine and testified that
she believed the positive finding in the lab report could have been based on medications
prescribed to her at a local, free-standing emergency room clinic.
         The trial court found that the State met its burden of proof and determined that Appellant
violated the terms of her supervision in each case. Specifically, the trial court found sufficient
evidence to support a finding of “true” as to paragraphs one through nine and twelve through
eighteen in the first case (trial court cause number 007-1436-19), and paragraphs one through
eight and paragraph eleven in the second case (trial court cause number 007-1437-19).
         The State argued for a ten-year sentence, while Appellant argued for an extension of
community supervision.            The trial court found that Appellant violated the terms of her
community supervision and granted the State’s motions to adjudicate guilt in each case. After
revoking her community supervision, the trial court sentenced Appellant to serve a term of five
years of imprisonment for each offense to run concurrently. The trial court also assessed
$10,005.00 in restitution in trial court cause number 007-1436-19. 2 This appeal followed.

         2
          The trial court assessed the entirety of the restitution for both cases in trial court cause number 007-1436-
19 by agreement of the parties.

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                            ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO ANDERS V. CALIFORNIA
        Appellant’s counsel filed briefs in compliance with Anders v. California and Gainous v.
State. Appellant’s counsel states that she diligently reviewed the appellate record and is of the
opinion that the record reflects no reversible error and that there is no error upon which an appeal
can be predicated. She further relates that she is well acquainted with the facts in these cases. In
compliance with Anders, Gainous, and High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel
Op.] 1978), Appellant’s briefs present a chronological summation of the procedural history of
the cases and further state that Appellant’s counsel is unable to raise any arguable issues for
appeal. 3 We have likewise reviewed the record for reversible error and have found none.

                                                 CONCLUSION
        As required by Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991), Appellant’s
counsel moved for leave to withdraw. See also In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 407 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2008) (orig. proceeding). We carried the motions for consideration with the merits.
Having done so and finding no reversible error, Appellant’s counsel’s motions for leave to
withdraw are hereby granted and the trial court’s judgments are affirmed.
        As a result of our disposition of these cases, Appellant’s counsel has a duty to, within five
days of the date of this opinion, send a copy of the opinion and judgments to Appellant and
advise her of her right to file a petition for discretionary review. See TEX. R. APP. P. 48.4; In re
Schulman, 252 S.W.3d at 411 n.35. Should Appellant wish to seek review of these cases by the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, she must either retain an attorney to file a petition for
discretionary review on her behalf or she must file a petition for discretionary review pro se.
Any petition for discretionary review must be filed within thirty days from the date of either this
opinion or the date that the last timely motion for rehearing is overruled by this Court. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 68.2. Any petition for discretionary review must be filed with the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.3(a). Any petition for discretionary review should

         3
           In compliance with Kelly v. State, Appellant’s counsel provided Appellant with a copy of the briefs,
notified Appellant of her motions to withdraw as counsel, informed Appellant of her right to file a pro se response,
and took concrete measures to facilitate Appellant’s review of the appellate record. See Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d
313, 319 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). Appellant was given time to file her own briefs. The time for filing such briefs
has expired, and no pro se briefs have been filed.

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comply with the requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 68.4. See In re Schulman,
252 S.W.3d at 408 n.22.
Opinion delivered October 31, 2022.
Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J., and Neeley, J.

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                                  COURT OF APPEALS

     TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                          JUDGMENT

                                         OCTOBER 31, 2022

                                        NO. 12-22-00068-CR

                                 KRISTI DESHA PERRYMAN,
                                         Appellant
                                            V.
                                   THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                          Appellee

                                 Appeal from the 7th District Court
                        of Smith County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 007-1436-19)

                   THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record and brief filed herein,
and the same being considered, it is the opinion of this court that there was no error in the
judgment.
                   It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the judgment of
the court below be in all things affirmed, and that this decision be certified to the court below
for observance.
                   By per curiam opinion.
                   Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.
                                  COURT OF APPEALS

     TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                          JUDGMENT

                                         OCTOBER 31, 2022

                                        NO. 12-22-00069-CR

                                 KRISTI DESHA PERRYMAN,
                                         Appellant
                                            V.
                                   THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                          Appellee

                                 Appeal from the 7th District Court
                        of Smith County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 007-1437-19)

                   THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record and brief filed herein,
and the same being considered, it is the opinion of this court that there was no error in the
judgment.
                   It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the judgment of
the court below be in all things affirmed, and that this decision be certified to the court below
for observance.
                   By per curiam opinion.
                   Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.