TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00469-CR
Jacqueline Kae Norris, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 70429, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Jacqueline Kae Norris pled guilty before a jury to the offense of
intoxication manslaughter with a motor vehicle. Tex. Penal Code §49.08(a)(1). The jury returned
a verdict of guilty, and the trial court sentenced her to ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of
$10,000. Appellant’s appointed attorney has filed a brief concluding that the appeal is frivolous
and without merit.
Counsel’s brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating that there are no arguable
grounds to be advanced. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988); Anders, 386 U.S. at 743-44;
High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 811-13 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684,
684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137, 138 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969).
Appellant’s attorney sent appellant a copy of the brief and advised her that she had the right
to examine the record and file a pro se brief. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744; Jackson v. State,
485 S.W.2d 553, 553 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972).
After reviewing the evidence presented to the trial court and the procedures that were
observed, we have found nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal. We agree
with counsel that the appeal is frivolous and without merit. We grant counsel’s motion to withdraw
and affirm the judgment of conviction.1
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David Puryear, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin and Field
Affirmed
Filed: July 8, 2014
Do Not Publish
1
No substitute counsel will be appointed. Should appellant wish to seek further review of
her case by the court of criminal appeals, she must either retain an attorney to file a petition for
discretionary review or file a pro se petition for discretionary review. See generally Tex. R. App. P.
68-79 (governing proceedings in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals). Any petition for discretionary
review must be filed within thirty days from the date of either this opinion or the date this Court
overrules the last timely motion for rehearing filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.2. The petition must be
filed with this Court, after which it will be forwarded to the court of criminal appeals along with the
rest of the filings in the cause. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.3, 68.7. Any petition for discretionary review
should comply with rules 68.4 and 68.5 of the rules of appellate procedure. See Tex. R. App. P.
68.4, 68.5.
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