Court Opinion

ID: 9840103
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-15 07:09:42.936777+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:33.705843
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In The

                               Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                              NO. 09-23-00005-CR
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                        JOAQUIN GARCIA, Appellant

                                        V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                   On Appeal from the 252nd District Court
                          Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. 21-38293
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      A jury found Appellant Joaquin Garcia guilty of murder and sentenced him to

life in prison within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. See Tex. Penal Code

Ann. §19.02.

      Garcia’s appellate counsel filed an Anders brief that presents counsel’s

professional evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous; he

simultaneously filed a motion to withdraw as counsel. See Anders v. California, 386

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U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On May

15, 2023, we granted an extension of time for Garcia to file a pro se brief and notified

him of the deadline for doing so. We received no response from Garcia.

      We have reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel’s

conclusion that no arguable issues support the appeal. Therefore, we find it

unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Cf. Stafford

v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s

judgment.1

      AFFIRMED.

                                                            JAY WRIGHT
                                                               Justice

Submitted on August 17, 2023
Opinion Delivered September 13, 2023
Do Not Publish

Before Horton, Johnson and Wright, JJ.

      1
         Garcia may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
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