William Paul Semien v. State

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-13-00582-CR ____________________ WILLIAM PAUL SEMIEN, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the Criminal District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 13-17919 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found William Paul Semien guilty of sexual assault as a habitual felony offender and assessed punishment at fifty-five years of imprisonment. Semien’s appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional evaluation of the record and concludes Semien’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 Semien to file a pro se brief, but we 1 received no response from Semien. We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have independently examined the appellate 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. ______________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice Submitted on November 12, 2014 Opinion Delivered November 19, 2014 Do Not Publish Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ. 1 Semien may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68. 2