Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS
                         SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                              FORT WORTH

                              NO. 2-09-233-CR

EMILIO ROSAS, JR.                                               APPELLANT

                                       V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                    STATE

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           FROM THE 355TH DISTRICT COURT OF HOOD COUNTY

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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

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     Appellant Emilio Rosas, Jr. entered an open plea of guilty to possession

of more than one but less than four grams of methamphetamine, enhanced to

a second-degree felony by two prior felony convictions involving controlled

substances. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115(c) (Vernon Supp.

2009); Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(a)(3) (Vernon Supp. 2009). He appeals

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          See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
his conviction and sentence of twenty years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine.

We affirm.

      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, the appeal is frivolous. Counsel’s brief

and motion meet the requirements of Anders v. California by presenting a

professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable

grounds for relief. 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967). Although we gave

appellant the opportunity to file a pro se brief, he did not do so. The State

likewise did not file a brief.

      Once an appellant’s court-appointed attorney files a motion to withdraw

on the ground that the appeal is frivolous and fulfills the requirements of

Anders, this court is obligated to undertake an independent examination of the

record. 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.). 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 counsel’s brief. We agree

with counsel that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit; we find

nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal. See Bledsoe v.

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State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827–28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); see also Meza v.

State, 206 S.W.3d 684, 685 n.6 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Accordingly, we

grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

                                         PER CURIAM

PANEL: LIVINGSTON, WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: April 8, 2010

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