Michael John Simon v. State

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 28, 2011.

 

In The

 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-10-01182-CR

NO. 14-10-01183-CR

NO. 14-10-01184-CR

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MICHAEL JOHN SIMON, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

On Appeal from the 230th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 1259687, 1270374, 1270375

 

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to three offenses: (1) failure to register as a sex offender (cause number 1259687, appeal number 14-10-01182-CR); (2) robbery (cause number 1270374, appeal number 14-10-01183-CR), and (3) robbery (cause number 1270375, appeal number 14-10-01184-CR).  On November 15, 2010, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for fifty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, in each case, to run concurrently.  Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal in each case.

Appellant’s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  The brief meets the requirement 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 (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. (Tex. Crim. App.1991).  As of this date, no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record in each case and counsel’s brief and agree the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find no reversible error in the record.  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, in each case, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

 

PER CURIAM

 

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Seymore and Boyce.

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