Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2010

Eric Shamon Bounds v. State

Eric Shamon Bounds v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided June 24, 2010

Eric Shamon Bounds v. State

Opinion

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed June 24, 2010.

 

 

In The

 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-09-00594-CR

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ERIC SHAMON BOUNDS, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

On Appeal from the 400th District Court

Fort Bend County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 49818

 

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to murder. On June 11, 2009, the jury sentenced appellant to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a $10,000 fine.  Appellant filed a timely 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 requirement 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 (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. (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). As of this date, 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. 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 Justices Brown, Sullivan, and Christopher.

Do Not Publish — Tex.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

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