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NO. 07-11-00342-CR, 07-11-00343-CR
                                       
                            IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                                       
                       FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                       
                                  AT AMARILLO
                                       
                                    PANEL C
                                       
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MARCH 26, 2012
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                         LARAY DEALY KELLY, APPELLANT
                                       
                                      v.
                                       
                         THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE 
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                FROM THE 64TH DISTRICT COURT OF SWISHER COUNTY;
                                       
      NO. A4333-1006, A4334-1006; HONORABLE ROBERT W. KINKAID JR., JUDGE
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Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.

                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
	Appellant, Laray Dealy Kelly, entered pleas of guilty to two separate indictments alleging injury to a child.  Appellant's pleas of guilty resulted in him being placed on two years deferred adjudication community supervision on each case.  Subsequently, the State filed a motion to adjudicate appellant guilty in each case.  After hearing the evidence, the trial court found appellant guilty of each offense, and following a punishment hearing, assessed appellant's punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of eight years on each case.  Appellant has appealed his convictions.  We affirm.
Appellants attorney has filed an Anders brief and a motion to withdraw.  Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 498 (1967).  In support of his motion to withdraw, counsel certifies that he has diligently reviewed the record, and in his opinion, the record reflects no reversible error upon which an appeal can be predicated.  Id. at 744-45.  In compliance with High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 813 (Tex.Crim.App. 1978), counsel has candidly discussed why, under the controlling authorities, there is no error in the trial courts judgment.  Additionally, counsel has certified that he has provided appellant a copy of the Anders brief and motion to withdraw and appropriately advised appellant of his right to file a pro se response in this matter.  Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991).  The court has also advised appellant of his right to file a pro se response.  Appellant has not filed a response.  By his Anders brief, counsel reviewed all grounds that could possibly support an appeal, but concludes the appeal is frivolous.  We have reviewed these grounds and made an independent review of the entire record to determine whether there are any arguable grounds which might support an appeal.  See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S. Ct. 346, 102 L. Ed. 2d 300 (1988); Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005).  We have found no such arguable grounds and agree with counsel that the appeal is frivolous.

Accordingly, counsels motion to withdraw is hereby granted and the trial courts judgment is affirmed.

								Mackey K. Hancock
                                                               Justice
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