Kevin Gerard Edwards v. State

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 10, 2008

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 10, 2008.

 

In The

 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-07-00509-CR

NO. 14-07-00510-CR

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KEVIN GERARD EDWARDS, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

On Appeal from the 180th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 1007916 & 1044789

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

Appellant entered pleas of guilty to the offenses of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.  In accordance with the terms of a plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court signed orders on March 29, 2006, deferring adjudication of guilt in both causes and placing appellant on community supervision for 7 years, with both periods of community supervision to run concurrently.


The State subsequently filed motions to adjudicate guilt.  Appellant signed a stipulation of evidence in each cause, confessing that the violations of the terms and conditions of probation were true.  On May 8, 2007, the trial court sentenced appellant in trial court cause number 1007916 to confinement for 20 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a fine of $750.  Also, on May 8, 2007, the trial court sentenced appellant in cause number 1044789 to confinement for 10 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.  Appellant filed pro se notices of appeal.

Appellant=s appointed counsel filed one brief in these causes in which she concludes the appeals are wholly frivolous and without merit.  The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced.  See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 811-12 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).

A copy of counsel=s brief was delivered to appellant.  Appellant was advised of the right to examine the appellate records 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 records and counsel=s brief and agree the appeals are wholly frivolous and without merit.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).  Further, we find no reversible error in the records.  A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state. 

Accordingly, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.

PER CURIAM

 

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed January 10, 2008.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Fowler, and Guzman.

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