Court Opinion

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02-11-476 & 477-CR

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
NO. 02-11-00476-CR
 
 

Freddie
  Lee Pendley
 
 
 
v.
 
 
 
The
  State of Texas

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From the 371st District
  Court
 
of
  Tarrant County (0623361D)
 
January
  17, 2013
 
Per
  Curiam
 
(nfp)

 
 
JUDGMENT
 
          This
court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there was
no error in the trial court’s order.  It is ordered that the order of the trial
court is affirmed.
 
 
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
 
 
 
 
PER
CURIAM
 
 

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
NO. 02-11-00476-CR
NO. 02-11-00477-CR
 
 

Freddie Lee Pendley

 

APPELLANT

 
V.
 

The State of Texas

 

STATE

 
 
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FROM THE 371st
District Court OF Tarrant COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM
OPINION[1]
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          Appellant
Freddie Lee Pendley was convicted in 1998 of capital murder and attempted
capital murder, and this court affirmed his convictions.  See Pendley v.
State, Nos. 02-98-00540-CR, 02-98-00541-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 6,
2000, pet. ref’d) (not designated for publication).  In April 2010, Appellant
filed a motion for post conviction DNA testing in the trial court under chapter
64 of the code of criminal procedure.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann.
art. 64.01 (West Supp. 2012).  The trial court denied the motion by written
order dated September 29, 2011.  These appeals followed.
          Appellant’s
court-appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and
a brief in support of that motion.  In the brief, counsel avers that, in his
professional opinion, these appeals are frivolous.  Counsel’s brief and motion
meet the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87
S. Ct. 1396 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record
and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds for appeal.  See
Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Mays v.
State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922–23 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1995, no pet.).  This
court gave Appellant the opportunity to file a brief on his own behalf, and
Appellant filed a pro se brief raising three issues.  The State also filed a
brief.
          Once
an appellant’s court-appointed counsel files a motion to withdraw on the ground
that the appeal is frivolous and fulfills the requirements of Anders, we
are obligated to undertake an independent examination of the record to see if
there is any arguable ground that may be raised on his behalf.  See Stafford,
813 S.W.2d at 511; Mays, 904 S.W.2d at 923.  Only then may we grant
counsel’s motion to withdraw.  See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 82–83,
109 S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988).
          We
have carefully reviewed the record and the briefs filed by Appellant, his counsel,
and the State.  We agree with counsel that these appeals are wholly frivolous
and without merit; we find nothing in the record that arguably might support
any appeal.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex. Crim. App.
2005); see also Garner v. State, 300 S.W.3d 763, 767 (Tex. Crim. App.
2009).  Accordingly, we grant the motion to withdraw and affirm the trial
court’s orders denying DNA testing.
 
 
PER CURIAM
 
 
PANEL: 
GARDNER,
WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.
 
DO
NOT PUBLISH
Tex.
R. App. P. 47.2(b)
 
DELIVERED:  January 17, 2013

 

[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.