Court Opinion

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In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-01-342 CR

NO. 09-01-343 CR

NO. 09-01-344 CR

NO. 09-01-345 CR

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JEREMIAH DEAN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause Nos. 82703, 83027, 83402 and 83403

MEMORANDUM OPINION
	Jeremiah Dean entered a guilty plea in Cause No. 82703 to the second degree felony
offense of burglary of a habitation.  Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 30.02 (a)(3),(c)(2) (Vernon
Supp. 2002).  The trial court deferred adjudication of guilt and placed Dean on community
supervision for five years.  In a subsequent hearing on motion to adjudicate guilt, Dean
pleaded true to an allegation that, while on community supervision, he committed the
offenses of burglary of a habitation and burglary of a building.  The trial court assessed
punishment at twelve years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
Institutional Division.  
	On the day the trial court heard the motion to adjudicate guilt in Cause No. 82703,
Dean pleaded guilty in Cause No. 83402 to the state jail felony offense of burglary of a
building. Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 30.02 (a)(3),(c)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2002).  The trial
court convicted Dean and assessed punishment at two years of confinement in a state jail
facility. 
	Dean contemporaneously pleaded guilty in Cause No. 83403 to the second degree
felony offense of burglary of a habitation.  Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 30.02 (a)(3),(c)(2)
(Vernon Supp. 2002).  The trial court convicted Dean and assessed punishment at ten years
of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.  
	On the day the trial court heard the motion to adjudicate guilt in Cause No. 82703,
Dean also pleaded guilty in Cause No. 83027 to having committed the third degree felony
offense of criminal mischief causing loss in an aggregate value of $20,000 or more but less
than $100,000.  Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 28.03 (a),(b)(5),(e) (Vernon Supp. 2002).  The
trial court sentenced Dean to five years of confinement in the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. 
 
	Appellate counsel filed briefs that conclude no arguable error is presented in these
appeals. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967),
and High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).  On April 25, 2002, we
granted Dean an extension of time in which to file a pro se brief. We received no response
from the appellant.  Because the appeals involve the application of well-settled principles
of law, we deliver this memorandum opinion.   See Tex. R. App. P. 47.1.
	The appellant was duly admonished of the punishment range for the offenses and
the effect of his guilty pleas. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 26.13 (Vernon 1989 &
Supp. 2002).  Dean did not seek to withdraw his guilty plea in any of the cases he now
appeals. 
	In Cause No. 82703, Dean was admonished regarding the consequences of a
violation of the terms of community supervision.  Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art.
42.12, § 5(a) (Vernon Supp. 2002). Dean cannot raise error relating to the plea
proceeding in the appeal following deferred adjudication of guilt, nor may he appeal the
trial court's decision to adjudicate guilt in Cause No. 82703.  Manuel v. State,  994
S.W.2d 658, 661 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999); Connolly v. State, 983 S.W.2d 738, 741 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1999).  Dean was provided the opportunity to present punishment evidence. 
	We have reviewed the clerk's records and the reporter's records, and find no
arguable error requiring us to order appointment of new counsel.  Compare Stafford v.
State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). 
	AFFIRMED.
								PER CURIAM
Submitted August 13, 2002
Opinion Delivered August 28, 2002
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Before Walker, C.J., Burgess and Gaultney, JJ.