Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2009

Dexter Tea Vallair v. State

Dexter Tea Vallair v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided March 5, 2009

Dexter Tea Vallair v. State

Opinion

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 5, 2009

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 5, 2009.

 

In The

 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-08-00748-CR

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DEXTER TEA VALLAIR, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

On Appeal from the 185th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1134558

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery.  On July25, 2008, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for sixteen years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Appellant filed a timely written notice of appeal.


Appellant=s appointed counsel filed a brief in which he concludes 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 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced.  See High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 811-12 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).

A copy of counsel=s brief was delivered to appellant.  Appellant was advised of the right to examine the appellate record and file a pro se response.  See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 510 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).  Appellant was provided a copy of the record.  As of this date, more than forty-five days has elapsed and no pro se response has been filed.

We have carefully reviewed the record and counsel=s brief and agree the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit.  Further, we find no reversible error in the record.  A discussion of the brief would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the state.  We are not to address the merits of each claim raised in an Anders brief or a pro se response when we have determined there are no arguable grounds for review.  See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).

Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

 

PER CURIAM

 

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Anderson and Seymore. 

Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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