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NO. 12-08-00467-CR

                          IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

            TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

                                        TYLER, TEXAS

ANDREW ALAN BURT,                                      '   APPEAL FROM THE 241ST
APPELLANT

V.                                                     '   JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
APPELLEE                                               '   SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS
                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                          PER CURIAM
       Andrew Alan Burt appeals his conviction for theft. Appellant=s counsel filed a brief in
compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967)
and Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969). We dismiss the appeal.

                                               BACKGROUND
       Appellant was charged by information with the offense of theft of the value of $1,500 or
more but less than $20,000, a state jail felony.1 Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense charged
in the information. Appellant and his counsel signed an agreed punishment recommendation, an
acknowledgment of admonishments, a waiver of service and arraignment, a waiver of
confrontation and agreement to stipulate, and a stipulation of evidence judicially confessing to
the offense alleged in the information. He also waived his time to file a motion for new trial and
a motion in arrest of judgment, his right to appeal, and his right of trial by jury. The trial court
accepted Appellant=s plea, deferred further proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt,
and ordered that Appellant be placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for three

       1
           See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. ' 31.03(a), (e)(4)(A) (Vernon 2003).
years.2 As a condition of his community supervision, Appellant was ordered to pay restitution in
an amount to be determined. Approximately one month later, the trial court amended the
conditions of Appellant’s community supervision, and ordered that Appellant pay restitution in
the amount of $1,728.15. On October 8, 2008, the State filed a motion to adjudicate and revoke
community supervision, alleging that Appellant had violated the terms of his community
supervision. Appellant pleaded Atrue@ to the allegations contained in the State=s motion. After a
hearing, the trial court found the allegations in the State’s motion to be true, granted the State’s
motion to proceed to final adjudication, revoked his community supervision, and adjudged
Appellant guilty of theft as charged in the information. The trial court assessed Appellant=s
punishment at eighteen months in a state jail facility, court costs, and restitution.3 This appeal
followed.

                              ANALYSIS PURSUANT TO ANDERS V. CALIFORNIA
         Appellant=s counsel filed a brief in compliance with Anders and Gainous, stating that he
has diligently reviewed the appellate record and is of the opinion that the record reflects no
reversible error and that there is no error upon which an appeal can be predicated. From our
review of Appellant=s brief, it is apparent that his counsel is well acquainted with the facts in this
case. In compliance with Anders, Gainous, and High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 812 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1978), counsel=s brief presents a chronological summation of the procedural history of the
case, and further states that counsel is unable to raise any arguable issues for appeal. 4 We have
reviewed the record for reversible error and have found none.

         2
             See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 42.12, ' 5(a) (Vernon Supp. 2009).
         3
          An individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony shall be punished by confinement in state jail for any
term of not more than two years or less than 180 days and, in addition, a fine not to exceed $10,000. TEX. PENAL
CODE ANN. ' 12.35(a), (b) (Vernon 2003).
         4
           Counsel for Appellant certified that he provided Appellant with a copy of counsel’s brief and that
Appellant was given time to file his own brief in the case. The time for filing such a brief has expired and we have
received no pro se brief.

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                                                    CONCLUSION

         As required, Appellant=s counsel has moved for leave to withdraw. See In re Schulman,
252 S.W.3d 403, 407 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (orig. proceeding); Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d
503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We are in agreement with Appellant=s counsel that the appeal
is wholly frivolous and his motion for leave to withdraw is hereby granted.              See In re
Schulman, 252 S.W.3d at 408-09.
         Counsel has a duty to, within five days of the date of this opinion, send a copy of the
opinion and judgment to Appellant and advise him of his right to file a petition for discretionary
review. See TEX. R. APP. P. 48.4; In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d at 411 n.35. Should Appellant
wish 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 he must file a pro se petition for
discretionary review. Any petition for discretionary review must be filed within thirty days from
the date of either this opinion or the last timely motion for rehearing that was overruled by this
court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2. Any petition for discretionary review must be filed with this
court, after which it will be forwarded to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals along with the rest
of the filings in this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.3. Any petition for discretionary review should
comply with the requirements of Rule 68.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 68.4; In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d at 408 n.22.
         We dismiss Appellant=s appeal.

Opinion delivered November 18, 2009.
Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J .

                                               (DO NOT PUBLISH)

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