Arturo Salas v. State

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 12, 2006

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 12, 2006.

 

 

In The

 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-05-00541-CR

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ARTURO SALAS, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

On Appeal from the 262nd District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1026353

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of manslaughter.  On May 25, 2005, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for twenty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a $10,000 fine, both in accordance with the jury=s recommendation.  Appellant filed a timely, written notice of appeal.


Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes 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 (1967), presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced.  See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).

A copy of counsel=s brief was delivered to appellant.  Appellant was advised of the right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se response.  See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  As of this date, more than sixty days has elapsed, and no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief and agree the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  Further, we find no reversible error in the record.  A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state.

Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

 

PER CURIAM

 

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed January 12, 2006.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Yates and Anderson. 

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