In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-02-303 CR
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ZACHARY WAYNE COLEMAN, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 86502
Zachary Wayne Coleman pleaded guilty to the state jail felony offense of delivery of a simulated controlled substance. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 482.002 (Vernon Supp. 2003). Following a plea bargain agreement between Coleman and the State, the trial court sentenced Coleman to 14 months of confinement in a state jail facility. Appellate counsel filed a brief that concludes no arguable error is presented in this appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On September 19, 2002, Coleman was given an extension of time in which to file a pro se brief. We received no response from the appellant other than a request for a sentence reduction. Because the appeal involves the application of well-settled principles of law, we deliver this memorandum opinion. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
The general notice of appeal filed by Coleman failed to invoke our appellate jurisdiction. White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 428-29 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 78 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). (1)
We have reviewed the clerk's record and the reporter's record, and find no arguable error requiring us to order appointment of new counsel. Compare Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Coleman raises no points of error over which we have jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on January 2, 2003
Opinion Delivered January 15, 2003
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Burgess and Gaultney, JJ.
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