IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00317-CR
No. 10-19-00074-CR
CHAZ ANTHONY PHILLIP JONES,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 413th District Court
Johnson County, Texas
Trial Court No. F50789
SEVERANCE ORDER
In Trial Court Case No. F50789, appellant Chaz Anthony Phillip Jones pled guilty
to one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child (Count I), one count of Online
Solicitation of a Minor (Count II), and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance
under 1 gram (Count III). After a bench trial for punishment, the court assessed Jones’s
punishment at 45 years in prison on Count I, 20 years in prison on Count II, and 2 years
in state jail, probated for two years on Count III. Three judgments were signed, one for
each count.
Jones filed one notice of appeal, showing his desire to appeal from “the judgment
of conviction and sentence” rendered against him in Trial Court Case No. F50789. The
appeal therefore bears one case number, Court of Appeals No. 10-17-00317-CR.
Jones’s appointed appellate counsel filed a brief challenging only the judgments
and sentences for Counts I and II. After counsel was ordered to file either a brief bringing
any alleged error or an Anders-type motion to withdraw and a supporting brief as to
Count III, Jones’s counsel filed an Anders-type motion to withdraw and a supporting brief
as to Count III. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967).
Counsel also filed a motion to sever as to that count. See Kirven v. State, No. 10-14-00122-
CR (Tex. App.—Waco Oct. 22, 2015, order) (not designated for publication).
Accordingly, Jones’s Motion for Severance of Counts as to Count III of the District
Court’s Judgment is granted. Count III of trial court cause number F50789 is assigned 10-
19-00074-CR as its case number on appeal. The Clerk of this Court is ordered to file
Jones’s Motion to Withdraw, Motion for Severance of Counts, and Supplemental Brief of
Appellant all filed on May 15, 2018, and all the remaining orders, notices, and responses
rendered or filed since May 15, 2018 in appellate case number 10-19-00074-CR. The Clerk
of this Court is also ordered to file copies of the reporter’s record and the clerk’s record
that were filed in appellate case number 10-17-00317-CR in appellate case number 10-19-
00074-CR.
PER CURIAM
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Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins1
Motion granted
Order issued and filed February 27, 2019
1
The Honorable Al Scoggins, Senior Justice of the Tenth Court of Appeals, sitting by assignment of the
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 74.003, 75.002, 75.003 (West 2013).
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