Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-27 09:11:00.196183+00
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-23-00048-CR

           TIMMY DEAN SCOTT, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

          On Appeal from the 8th District Court
               Hopkins County, Texas
               Trial Court No. 2027628

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
      Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens
                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Timmy Dean Scott pled guilty to possession of four grams or more but less than 200

grams of methamphetamine. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115(d) (Supp.).

After he pled true to the State’s habitual-offender allegations, the trial court placed Scott on

deferred adjudication community supervision for a period of ten years. The terms and conditions

of Scott’s deferred adjudication community supervision required him to go to a Substance Abuse

Felony Punishment (SAFP) facility and abstain from taking drugs, among other things. The

State moved to revoke Scott’s community supervision and to proceed to an adjudication of his

guilt because, among other violations, Scott tested positive for methamphetamine and failed to

abide by the rules and regulations of the SAFP program. Scott pled true to all of the State’s

allegations in its motion to adjudicate guilt, and after an evidentiary hearing, the trial court

granted the State’s motion. Scott was sentenced to life imprisonment, and he appeals.

       Scott’s attorney filed a brief stating that he reviewed the record and found no genuinely

arguable issues that could be raised on appeal. The brief sets out the procedural history of the

case and summarizes the evidence elicited during the trial court proceedings. Since counsel

provided a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable

grounds to be advanced, that evaluation meets the requirements of Anders v. California. Anders

v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 743–44 (1967); In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 406 (Tex. Crim.

App. 2008) (orig. proceeding); Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 509–10 (Tex. Crim. App.

1991); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 812–13 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978). Counsel

also filed a motion with this Court seeking to withdraw as counsel in this appeal.

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         On July 6, 2023, counsel mailed to Scott copies of the brief, the motion to withdraw, and

a motion for pro se access to the appellate record. Scott was informed of his rights to review the

record and file a pro se response. After receiving the record, Scott filed his pro se response.

         We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous.                        We have independently

reviewed the entire appellate record and Scott’s pro se response and, like counsel, have

determined that no arguable issue supports an appeal. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824,

826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). In the Anders context, once we determine that the appeal is

without merit, we must affirm the trial court’s judgment. Id.

         We affirm the judgment of the trial court.1

                                                       Scott E. Stevens
                                                       Chief Justice

Date Submitted:            December 6, 2023
Date Decided:              December 21, 2023

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1
 Since we agree that this case presents no reversible error, we also, in accordance with Anders, grant counsel’s
request to withdraw from further representation of appellant in this case. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744. No substitute
counsel will be appointed. Should appellant desire to seek further review of this case by the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals, he must either retain an attorney to file a petition for discretionary review or file a pro se petition
for discretionary review. Any petition for discretionary review (1) must be filed within thirty days from either the
date of this opinion or the date on which the last timely motion for rehearing was overruled by this Court, see TEX.
R. APP. P. 68.2, (2) must be filed with the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.3,
and (3) should comply with the requirements of Rule 68.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, see TEX. R.
APP. P. 68.4.
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