Court Opinion

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Opinion issued October 30, 2008

In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-08-00077-CR
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WILLIAM JAMES FOSTER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 339th District Court 
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1125443

MEMORANDUM  OPINION
	Appellant, William James Foster, without an agreed punishment
recommendation from the State, pleaded guilty to the offense of arson.  Appellant
also pleaded true to the allegations contained in one enhancement paragraph.  The
trial court ordered a presentence investigation and rescheduled the cases.  After a
presentence investigation hearing, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement
for 25 years.  
	Appellant's counsel on appeal has filed a brief stating that the record presents 
no reversible error, that the appeal is without merit and is frivolous, and that the
appeal must be dismissed or affirmed.  See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.
Ct. 1396, (1967).  The brief meets the requirements of Anders by presenting a
professional evaluation of the record and detailing why there are no arguable grounds
for reversal.  Id. at 744, 87 S. Ct. at 1400; see also High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 810
(Tex. Crim. App. 1978). 
	Counsel represents that he has served a copy of the brief on appellant.  Counsel
also advised appellant of his right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se
brief.  See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  More than
30 days have passed, and appellant has not filed a pro se brief.  Having reviewed the
record and counsel's brief, we agree that the appeal is frivolous and without merit and
that there is no reversible error.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826-27(Tex.
Crim. App. 2005).  
	We affirm the judgment of the trial court and grant counsel's motion to
withdraw. (1) 
PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Keyes, and Alcala.
Do not publish.  Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

1.    	Appointed counsel still has a duty to inform appellant of the result of this appeal and
that he may, on his own, pursue discretionary review in the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826-27(Tex. Crim. App. 2005).