Opinion
No. 02-08-225-CR
Delivered: June 4, 2009. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
Appealed from Criminal District Court No. 3 of Tarrant County.
PANEL: CAYCE, C.J.; LIVINGSTON and DAUPHINOT, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
After pleading true to violating the conditions of his deferred adjudication community supervision, appellant Damaris Lavar Trass appeals from the trial court's judgment adjudicating his guilt and sentencing him to nine years' confinement for aggravated robbery causing bodily injury to an elderly person. We affirm. Appellant's court-appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel and a brief in support of that motion. In the brief, counsel avers that, in his professional opinion, the appeal is frivolous. 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 arguable grounds for relief. We gave appellant the opportunity to file a pro se brief, and he has not filed one. The State also has not filed a brief. Once an appellant's court-appointed attorney files a motion to withdraw on the ground that the appeal is frivolous and fulfills the requirements of Anders, this court is obligated to undertake an independent examination of the record. Only then may we grant counsel's motion to withdraw. We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel's brief. We agree with counsel that this appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit; we find nothing in the record that m ight arguably support the appeal. A ccordingly, w e grant counsel's motion to withdraw and affirm the trial court's judgment.
See T ex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.03(a)(3)(A) (Vernon 2003).
386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967).
See Stafford v. State, 813 S .W .2d 5 03, 5 11 (Tex. Crim . App. 1991); Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922-23 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1995, no pet.).
See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 82-83, 109 S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988).
See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S .W .3d 824, 827-28 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005); see also Meza v. State, 206 S.W.3d 684, 685 n. 6 (Tex.Crim.App. 2006).