COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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DON PATRICK ALMEIDA, ) No. 08-04-00269-CR
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Appellant, ) Appeal from
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v. ) 179th District Court
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, ) of Harris County, Texas
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Appellee. ) (TC# 979181)
O P I N I O N
Don Patrick Almeida appeals his conviction for injury to a child. Appellant waived his right to a jury trial and entered a plea of guilty before the court without an agreed recommendation. The trial court sentenced Appellant to two years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division and a fine of $5,000. We affirm.
Appellant’s counsel has filed a brief in which he has concluded that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, reh. denied, 388 U.S. 924, 87 S. Ct. 2094, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1377 (1967), by advancing contentions which counsel says might arguably support the appeal. See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex.Crim.App. 1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex.Crim.App. 1974); Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex.Crim.App. 1972); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.Crim.App. 1969). A copy of counsel’s brief has been delivered to Appellant, and Appellant has been advised of his right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se brief. A pro se brief has been filed.
The record reflects that Appellant was admonished of the consequences of his guilty plea pursuant to Article 26.13 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and Appellant made a judicial confession admitting his guilt. Based upon the record before us, the guilty plea appears to have been freely and voluntarily made by Appellant.
We have carefully reviewed the record, counsel’s brief, and the pro se brief and agree that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal. A further discussion of the arguable ground advanced in counsel’s brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state. The judgment is affirmed.
August 4, 2005
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice
Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.
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