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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-01-00255-CR

Benny Lavoy Smith, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF IRION COUNTY, 51ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. CR00-001, HONORABLE BARBARA WALTHER, JUDGE PRESIDING

A jury found appellant Benny Lavoy Smith guilty of aggravated sexual assault and
assessed punishment at imprisonment for ten years and a $10,000 fine.  See Tex. Pen. Code Ann.
§ 22.021 (West Supp. 2002).  On the jury's recommendation, the court suspended imposition of
sentence and placed Smith on community supervision.

Smith's court-appointed attorney filed a brief concluding that the appeal is frivolous
and without merit.  The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
by advancing contentions which counsel says might arguably support the appeal.  See also Penson
v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); Currie v. State,
516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974); Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972); 
Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969).  Smith also filed a pro se brief.
We have reviewed the record and agree with counsel that the appeal is frivolous and
without merit.  For the reasons discussed in counsel's brief, none of the arguable points presents
reversible error.  The inconsistencies in the testimony cited by Smith in his pro se brief do not
warrant his conclusion that witnesses perjured themselves.  
Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted.  The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

				__________________________________________
				Bea Ann Smith, Justice
Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices B. A. Smith and Puryear
Affirmed
Filed:   December 13, 2001
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