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COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 2-05-274-CR
ROBERT LOUIS REDDELL APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 355TH DISTRICT COURT OF HOOD COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]
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Appellant Robert Louis Reddell appeals from a conviction for possession of methamphetamine in the amount of more than one but less than four grams. A jury convicted him and, upon his plea of true to an enhancement paragraph, assessed his punishment at fifteen years= confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The trial court sentenced him accordingly.
Appellant=s court‑appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and a brief in support of that motion. In his brief, counsel has reviewed the history of the case, including detailing the evidence presented. Counsel=s brief and motion meet the requirements of Anders v. California[2] by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no reversible grounds on appeal and referencing any grounds that might arguably support the appeal.[3] Appellant has also filed a pro se brief, contending that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction, that the methamphetamine evidence was obtained as a result of an illegal search and seizure, and that the prosecutor engaged in improper argument at punishment.
In our duties as a reviewing court, we must conduct an independent evaluation of the record to determine whether counsel is correct in determining that the appeal is frivolous.[4] Only then may we grant counsel=s motion to withdraw.[5] We have carefully reviewed the record, counsel=s brief, and Appellant=s pro se brief. We agree with counsel that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. We find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal.[6] Therefore, we grant the motion to withdraw filed by Appellant=s counsel and affirm the trial court=s judgment.
PER CURIAM
PANEL F: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.
WALKER, J. concurs without opinion.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: November 30, 2006
[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
[2]386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967).
[3]See Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922‑23 (Tex. App.CFort Worth 1995, no pet.).
[4]See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Mays, 904 S.W.2d at 923.
[5]See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83‑84, 109 S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988).
[6]See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).