Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 21, 2008.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-07-00594-CR
NO. 14-07-00595-CR
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ANTHONY ANTWON BEN, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 248th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 1070417 & 1069780
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
Appellant entered a plea of Aguilty@ to the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in two cases. On July 2, 2007, the trial court sentenced appellant in each case to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The trial court ordered the sentences to run concurrently. Appellant filed a notice of appeal in each case.
Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes the appeals are wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirement 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 in each case and file a pro se response. See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). At appellant=s request, the records were provided to him. On May 22, 2008, appellant filed a pro se response to counsel=s brief.
We have carefully reviewed the record in each case, counsel=s brief, and appellant=s response, and agree both appeals are wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in the records on appeal. A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state. We are not to address the merits of each claim raised in an Anders brief or a pro se response when we have determined there are no arguable grounds for review. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).
Accordingly, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed August 21, 2008.
Panel consists of Justices Anderson, Fowler, and Frost.
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