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Washington v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jan 14, 1976
531 S.W.2d 632 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976)

Opinion

No. 51262.

January 14, 1976.

Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 4, Dallas County, John Mead, J.

Douglas Parks, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Donald H. Flanary, Jr., Dale Markland and Jim Burnham, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION


Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of burglary of a habitation. Punishment was assessed by the court at fifteen years.

Appellant's court-appointed counsel has filed a brief in which he has concluded that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. The brief meets the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493. One contention is advanced which counsel says might arguably support the appeal. See Gainous v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 436 S.W.2d 137; Jackson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 485 S.W.2d 553; Currie v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 516 S.W.2d 684. A copy of counsel's brief and the appellate record have been delivered to appellant and appellant has been advised of his right to file a pro se brief. No pro se brief has been filed.

The record reflects that appellant waived indictment and elected to be prosecuted by information pursuant to Art. 1.141, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. Counsel's contention is that the complaint, which was filed with the information, was unsigned, therefore rendering the information based on an invalid complaint. In Chapple v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 521 S.W.2d 280, this Court held that when an accused waives the right to be tried upon an indictment in a non-capital felony case and elects to be tried upon an information, no complaint is required. No error is shown.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel's brief and agree that the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.

The judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the Court.


Summaries of

Washington v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jan 14, 1976
531 S.W.2d 632 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976)
Case details for

Washington v. State

Case Details

Full title:Jesse David WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Jan 14, 1976

Citations

531 S.W.2d 632 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976)

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