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Opinion issued April 7, 2011

In The
Court of
Appeals
For The
First District
of Texas
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NO. 01-09-01132-CR &
01-09-01133-CR
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frederick dWAYNE sampson, Appellant
V.
The State of
Texas, Appellee

 

 
On Appeal from the 339th Criminal District Court 
Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Case Nos. 1161149 & 1161151
 

 
MEMORANDUM OPINION
          Appellant,
Frederick Dwayne Sampson, without an agreed punishment recommendation from the
State, pleaded guilty to the offenses of aggravated sexual assault[1] and aggravated robbery,[2] and the trial court
assessed his punishment for each offense at confinement for seventy-five
years.  
          Appellant’s
counsel on appeal has filed a brief stating that the record presents no
reversible error and that the appeal is without merit and is frivolous.  See
Anders v. California, 368 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 1400 (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.; see also High v. State,
573 S.W.2d 807, 810 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978).  The brief also reflects that counsel
delivered a copy of the brief to appellant and advised appellant of his right
to file a pro se response.  See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503,
510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  
          When
this court receives an Anders brief
from a defendant’s court-appointed appellant counsel, we conduct a review of
the entire record to determine whether the appeal is frivolous, i.e., whether
it presents any arguable grounds for appeal. 
See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744,
S. Ct. at 1400; Stafford, 813 S.W.2d
at 511.  An appeal is frivolous when it
does not present any argument that could “conceivably persuade the court.”  In re
Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 407 n.12 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008).  In our review, we consider the appellant’s
pro se response, if any, to his counsel’s Anders
brief.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).  
          Appellant
did not file a pro se response with this Court. 
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 id.  
          We
affirm the judgment of the trial court. 
We grant appellate counsel’s motion to withdraw.[3]  See
Stephens v. State, 35 S.W.3d 770, 771–72 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2000, no pet.) (per curiam).
                                                PER
CURIAM 
 
Panel
consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Brown.
Do
not publish.  Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
 

[1]           See
Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021
(Vernon Supp. 2010). 
 

[2]           See
id. §§ 29.02–.03
(Vernon 2003). 
 

[3]
          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, 827 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); Downs v. State, 137 S.W.3d 837, 842 n.2
(Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, pet. ref’d).