In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-01-00168-CR ______________________________
AL JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 232nd Judicial District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court No. 852235
Before Morriss, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ. Opinion by Justice Ross
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 thirty-five 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 there are no arguable contentions of error and informed Williams of his right to review the record and file a brief pro se. No brief has been filed pro se.
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 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978); see also Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503 (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.
Donald R. Ross
Justice
Date Submitted: July 2, 2002
Date Decided: July 3, 2002
Do Not Publish
1. This appeal is trial court number 852235, indecency with a child. The companion cases are trial court number 852236, sexual assault on a child, and trial court number 852237, indecency with a child. He was sentenced to thirty-five years' imprisonment in the first case, to life imprisonment in the second, and to fifty years' imprisonment in the third. The first two sentences will run consecutively, and the third will run concurrently with the life sentence.