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PE !ITt (D N ER Dt cltH'.r.rft oN IN 1HE lLtMEI\1'1'1 UI\Jrf, ql2ol ')fu;L- 5'tl 1 11Milt--~L.W,rtX,i5 7~f07- 9&o(p, 0£CLAfL£ UNOtrt PtNALrf of PeR-"Jut.Y tH'nT J ~tcoe,)tf\IG -ro MY nfLttf J 11-ff f(.lt:r5 ']1"t1~t0 nt 1"11't A~oJ£ RPPl.lUFTrof\1 ·- Wt2._rr RK.£ r!Clit fJNO CofU..EC{, ;:zoL5., ~0~ (cs -G) STATE'S REPLY TO APPELLANT'S TENTFJ TI-IJ(UUGf-1 THIRTY -FOUR'l'H POINTS OF EF!__ROR: ln~ffectivc assistance Appellant makes several allegations of ineffective assistance. They are all meritless first because they are based on unsupported factual assertions which are outside the record. See Franklin v. State, 693 s.-W.2d 420, 431 (Tex. Crim. App. J 9R5), cert. denied, 4 75 U.S. 1031 ( 1986 ); see also Ex parte Preston, 833 S.W .2d 515, 519 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) (statements and assertions contained in an appellate brief cannot he accepted as fact). Second, Appellant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel must be rejected because he has failed to bring forward a record supporting his claim. See Thompson v. ~tate, ":J ~.\iv.3d isuis, 81.3-14 (Tex. Crirn. App. 1999). T!tc lcL;i.JlU is si:cni. as l.u Gvunse:'s record showing counsel's explanations for Appellant's present accusations, Appellant has failed to overcome the presumption that the challenged actions constituted sound trial strategy andhis claims must fail. See Bone v. State, 77 S.W.3d 828, 836 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002); Thompson, 9 S.W.3d at 813-14. Third, some of Appellant's claims of poor strategy are based on his already- discredited legal theory that indecency with a child is not a reportable conviction. Contrary to Appellant's view, it would probably have been unprofessional for any licensed attomey to proceed to defend Appellant based on this strategy.