COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-12-00200-CR

TANYON LANETTE FINLEY APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

---------- FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION 1 ---------- Appellant Tanyon Lanette Finley appeals the trial court’s judgment adjudicating her guilt for forgery. We affirm.

Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel, accompanied by a brief in support of that motion. In the brief, counsel states that in his professional opinion this appeal is frivolous and

See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. without merit. Counsel’s brief and motion meet the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds for relief. We provided Appellant the opportunity to file a pro se brief, but she did not do so. The State also did not file a brief.

Once an appellant’s court-appointed attorney files a motion to withdraw on the grounds that an appeal is frivolous and fulfills the requirements of Anders, this court is obligated to undertake an independent examination of the record.

See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922–23 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1995, no pet.). Only then may we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 82–83, 109 S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988).

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 might arguably support the appeal. 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). Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the trial court’s judgment. See Garner v. State, 300 S.W.3d 763, 766 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009).

PER CURIAM PANEL: GARDNER, DAUPHINOT, and WALKER, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: July 11, 2013