Al James Williams v. State

















In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana



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No. 06-01-00170-CR

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AL JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant



V.



THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee






On Appeal from the 232nd Judicial District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court No. 852237










Before Morriss, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ.

Opinion by Justice Grant



O P I N I O N



Al James Williams appeals from his conviction for the offense of indecency with a child. This case was consolidated for trial with two other charges which arose out of the same criminal episode, both of which are also on appeal before this court. (1) The jury found Williams guilty of all three offenses, and in this case assessed fifty years' imprisonment.

Counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967). Counsel states he has reviewed the record in detail. He then sets out both the procedural history of the case and summarizes the evidence presented at trial and punishment for our review, and concludes there are no arguable contentions of error that might result in reversal. He has accordingly also filed a Motion to Withdraw. Counsel sent Williams a copy of his brief and advised him by letter that he believes that there are no arguable contentions of error and informed him of his right to review the record and file a pro se brief. No pro se brief has been filed.

Counsel has filed a brief which discusses the record and reviews pretrial, trial, and punishment proceedings in detail. Counsel has thus provided a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why, in effect, there are no arguable grounds to be advanced, as required by High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 812 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978); see also Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 n.3 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).

We have reviewed the brief in detail and have also conducted an independent review of the record. We agree with counsel that no reversible error is apparent from this record.

The judgment is affirmed.







Ben Z. Grant

Justice



Date Submitted: July 2, 2002

Date Decided: July 3, 2002



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1. This appeal is trial court number 852237, indecency with a child.. The companion cases are trial court number 852235, indecency with a child, and trial court number 852236, sexual assault on a child. He was sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment in the first case, to thirty-five years' imprisonment on the second, and to life imprisonment on the third. The first sentence runs concurrently with the last two, which will run consecutively.

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Date Submitted: February 10, 2009

Date Decided: February 11, 2009



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