Court Opinion

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Opinion filed February 23, 2023

                                        In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                      ___________

                                  No. 11-22-00113-CR
                                      ___________

               JUAN ANTONIO DELEON, JR., Appellant
                                          V.
                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the 42nd District Court
                            Taylor County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 29231-A

                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Juan Antonio DeLeon, Jr., Appellant, waived his right to a jury and entered
an open plea of guilty to the indicted offense: the second-degree felony of burglary
of a habitation. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 30.02(a)(3), (c)(2) (West 2019).
Appellant also entered a plea of true to the habitual-offender enhancement
paragraphs. See id. § 12.42(d). The trial court admonished Appellant, accepted his
pleas and judicial confession, and recessed the proceedings so that a presentence
investigation report could be prepared. The proceedings resumed at a later date, and
the trial court heard evidence on punishment—in addition to the presentence
investigation report. At the end of the hearing, the trial court found Appellant guilty
of the offense of burglary of a habitation, found both enhancement allegations to be
true, and assessed Appellant’s punishment at imprisonment for a term of seventy-
five years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
We affirm.
      Appellant’s court-appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw. The
motion is supported by a brief in which counsel professionally and conscientiously
examines the record and applicable law and states that he has concluded that this
appeal is frivolous and without merit. Counsel has provided Appellant with a copy
of the brief, a copy of the motion to withdraw, an explanatory letter, a copy of the
clerk’s record and the reporter’s record, and a pro se motion for access to the
appellate record. Counsel advised Appellant of his right to review the record and
file a response to counsel’s brief. Counsel also advised Appellant of his right to file
a pro se petition for discretionary review in order to seek review by the Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68. Court-appointed counsel has complied
with the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); Kelly v. State,
436 S.W.3d 313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2008); and Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).
      Appellant filed a response to counsel’s Anders brief. We have reviewed
Appellant’s Anders response. In addressing an Anders brief and pro se response, a
court of appeals may only determine (1) that the appeal is wholly frivolous and issue
an opinion explaining that it has reviewed the record and finds no reversible error or
(2) that arguable grounds for appeal exist and remand the cause to the trial court so
that new counsel may be appointed to brief the issues. Schulman, 252 S.W.3d at
409; Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Following

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the procedures outlined in Anders and Schulman, we have independently reviewed
the record, and we agree with counsel that no arguable grounds for appeal exist. 1
        We grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the judgment of the
trial court.

                                                                 PER CURIAM

February 23, 2023
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

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         We note that Appellant has a right to file a petition for discretionary review pursuant to Rule 68
of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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