Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2009

Clayton Shaun McKenzie v. State

Clayton Shaun McKenzie v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided May 13, 2009

Clayton Shaun McKenzie v. State

Opinion

In The



Court of Appeals



Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont



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NO. 09-08-00436-CR

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CLAYTON SHAUN McKENZIE, Appellant



V.



THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee






On Appeal from the 163rd District Court

Orange County, Texas

Trial Cause No. B 060344-R




MEMORANDUM OPINION

Clayton Shaun McKenzie entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to third degree felony offense of intoxication assault. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 49.07 (Vernon Supp. 2008). (1) The trial court sentenced McKenzie to five years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division. See Tex. Pen. Code. Ann. § 12.34 (Vernon 2003).

On appeal, McKenzie's counsel filed a brief that presents counsel's professional evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On January 15, 2009, we granted an extension of time for the appellant to file a pro se brief. We received no response from appellant.

We reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel's conclusion that no arguable issues support an appeal. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826-27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).

The judgment contains a clerical error, however. An appellate court may modify a judgment to correct a clerical error in the judgment. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(b); Nicholas v. State, 56 S.W.3d 760, 767 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 2001, pet. ref'd). Because there was no plea bargain, we modify the judgment to omit the following language:

"Terms of Plea Bargain: Serve five (5) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division."



The remainder of the judgment remains the same.

We affirm the trial court's judgment as modified. (2)

AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

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DAVID GAULTNEY

Justice

Submitted on April 17, 2009

Opinion Delivered May 13, 2009

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Before McKeithen, C.J., Gaultney and Horton, JJ.

1. The offense was committed in 2005.

2. Appellant may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.

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