COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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THOMAS MATHEW LOCKHART, No. 08-12-00148-CR
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Appellant, Appeal from
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v. 355th District Court
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, of Hood County, Texas
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Appellee. (TC # 8452)
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OPINION
Thomas Mathew Lockhart appeals a judgment adjudicating guilt and revoking probation
for the offense of aggravated assault - deadly weapon. See TEX.PEN.CODE ANN. § 22.01 (West
2011) Appellant originally entered a plea of guilty and, after admonishing Appellant, the trial
court accepted his guilty plea. Appellant was subsequently placed on deferred adjudication
probation for a term of seven years which was later extended by an additional three years. In
January 2012, the State filed a motion to proceed with an adjudication of guilt. Appellant pled
true to one of the alleged violations of his probation. The trial court found that Appellant
violated three of the conditions of his probation and assessed punishment at ten years'
confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. We affirm.
Appellant's court-appointed counsel has filed a brief in which he has concluded that 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, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, reh. denied, 388 U.S. 924, 87 S.Ct.
2094, 18 L.Ed.2d 1377 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record
demonstrating why, in effect, there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. See High v. State,
573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex.Crim.App. 1978); Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684 (Tex.Crim.App. 1974);
Jackson v. State, 485 S.W.2d 553 (Tex.Crim.App. 1972); Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137
(Tex.Crim.App. 1969). A copy of counsel's brief has been delivered to Appellant, and Appellant
has been advised of his right to file a pro se brief. No pro se brief has been filed.
The record reflects that Appellant was admonished of the consequences of his plea
pursuant to TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 26 .13 (West Supp. 2012), and Appellant made a
judicial confession admitting his guilt.
We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel's brief and agree that the appeal is
wholly frivolous and without merit. Further, we find nothing in the record that might arguably
support the appeal.
The judgment is affirmed.
October 16, 2013
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ.
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