Opinion
NO. 09-12-00491-CR
01-08-2014
CHRISTOPHER EUGENE GATSON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 1st District Court
Jasper County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 10573JD
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A jury convicted Christopher Eugene Gatson of aggravated robbery and the trial court sentenced Gatson to twenty years in prison. Gatson's appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel's professional evaluation of the record and concludes Gatson's appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). We granted an extension of time for Gatson to file a pro se brief, but we received no response from Gatson. We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have independently examined the clerk's record and the reporter's record, and we agree that no arguable issues support an appeal. We find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Compare Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court's judgment.
Gatson may challenge our decision by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
AFFIRMED.
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STEVE McKEITHEN
Chief Justice
Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.