Opinion
Nos. 01-04-00269-CR, 01-04-00270-CR
Opinion issued November 4, 2004. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 248th District Court Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause Nos. 844952 and 844953.
Panel consists of Justices TAFT, JENNINGS, and BLAND.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A jury convicted appellant, Jose Luis Ibarra, of two separate offenses of sexual assault and assessed punishment at confinement for 15 years in each case. On motion of the State, the trial court ordered that the sentences be cumulated. We affirm. Appellant's court-appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and a brief concluding that these appeals are without merit. Counsel's brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 1400 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record that demonstrates the lack of arguable grounds of error. See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 811 (Tex.Crim.App. 1978); Moore v. State, 845 S.W.2d 352, 353 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, pet. ref'd). Counsel represents that he served a copy of the brief and the appellate record on appellant. Counsel also advised appellant of his right to file a pro se brief. See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991). More than 30 days have passed, and appellant has not filed a pro se brief. We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel's brief. We find no reversible error in the record, and agree that the appeals are without merit. We therefore affirm the judgments of the trial court. We grant counsel's motion to withdraw.See Stephens v. State, 35 S.W.3d 770, 771 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2000, no pet.).
Counsel has a duty to inform appellant of the result of his appeal and also to inform him that he may, on his own, pursue discretionary review in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25, 27 (Tex.Crim.App. 1997).