Court Opinion

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In The

                               Court of Appeals
                   Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                             NO. 09-12-00491-CR
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               CHRISTOPHER EUGENE GATSON, Appellant

                                       V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                 On Appeal from the 1st District Court
                        Jasper County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 10573JD
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      A jury convicted Christopher Eugene Gatson of aggravated robbery and the

trial court sentenced Gatson to twenty years in prison. Gatson’s appellate counsel

filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional evaluation of the record and

concludes Gatson’s appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). We granted an

extension of time for Gatson to file a pro se brief, but we received no response

from Gatson. We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have

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independently examined the clerk’s record and the reporter’s record, and we agree

that no arguable issues support an appeal. We find it unnecessary to order

appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Compare Stafford v. State, 813
S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment. 1

      AFFIRMED.

                                            ______________________________
                                                    STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                        Chief Justice

Submitted on November 12, 2013
Opinion Delivered January 8, 2014
Do Not Publish

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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       Gatson may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary
review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
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