Opinion
No. 2-08-110-CR
Delivered: November 6, 2008. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Appealed from the 355th District Court of Hood County.
PANEL: GARDNER, HOLMAN, and WALKER, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
A jury convicted Appellant Twyna Lynn Shields of possession of more than one but less than four grams of methamphetamine, found true to two habitual-offender counts, and assessed punishment at ninety-nine years in prison. The trial court sentenced her accordingly. Appellant's court-appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and a brief in support of that motion. Counsel's brief and motion meet the requirements of Anders v. California by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no reversible grounds on appeal and referencing any grounds that might arguably support the appeal. We afforded Appellant an opportunity to file a brief on her own behalf; she did not do so. In our duties as a reviewing court, we must conduct an independent evaluation of the record to determine whether counsel is correct in determining that the appeal is frivolous. Only then may we grant counsel's motion to withdraw. We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel's brief. We agree that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. We find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal. We therefore grant the motion to withdraw filed by Appellant's counsel and affirm the trial court's judgment.
386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967).
See Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922-23 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1995, no pet.).
See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991); Mays, 904 S.W.2d at 923.
See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83-84, 109 S. Ct. 346, 351-52 (1988).
See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005).