Court Opinion

ID: 8405511
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Date Created: 2022-10-26 15:14:32.680206+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:46:53.816284
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IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

                                       2022 WY 131

                                                                October Term, A.D. 2022

                                                                      October 26, 2022

 BRENNAN SCOTT HODGES,

 Appellant
 (Defendant),

 v.                                                 S-22-0165

 THE STATE OF WYOMING,

 Appellee
 (Plaintiff).

  ORDER AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT’S JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
[¶1] This matter came before the Court upon its own motion following notification
Appellant has not filed a pro se brief within the time allotted by this Court. Pursuant to a
plea agreement, Appellant entered an unconditional Alford guilty plea to one count of
attempted second-degree murder. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-104, § 6-1-301. The district court
imposed a sentence of twenty to twenty-five years. Appellant filed this appeal to challenge
the district court’s May 4, 2022, Judgment and Sentence.

[¶2] On August 22, 2022, Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel e-filed a Motion
to Withdraw as Counsel, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct.
1396, 1400, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). This Court subsequently entered an Order Granting
Motion for Extension of Time to File Pro Se Brief. This Court ordered that, on or before
October 6, 2022, Appellant was permitted to file with this Court a pro se brief specifying
the issues he would like the Court to consider in this appeal. This Court also provided
notice that, after the time for filing a pro se brief expired, this Court would make its ruling
on counsel’s motion to withdraw and, if appropriate, make a final decision on this appeal.
This Court notes that Appellant did not file a pro se brief or other pleading in the time
allotted.
[¶3] Now, following a careful review of the record and the Anders brief submitted by
appellate counsel, this Court finds appellate counsel’s motion to withdraw should be
granted and the district court’s Judgment and Sentence should be affirmed. It is, therefore,

[¶4] ORDERED that the Wyoming Public Defender’s Office, court-appointed counsel
for Appellant Brennan Scott Hodges, is hereby permitted to withdraw as counsel of record
for Appellant; and it is further

[¶5] ORDERED that the Big Horn County District Court’s May 4, 2022, Judgment and
Sentence be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.

[¶6]   DATED this 26th day of October, 2022.

                                                 BY THE COURT:

                                                 /s/

                                                 KATE M. FOX
                                                 Chief Justice