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James Kevin Holmes v. State ( 2020 )


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  •                     In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-19-00096-CR
JAMES KEVIN HOLMES, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 71st District Court
Harrison County, Texas
Trial Court No. 18-0193X
Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 25, 2019, James Kevin Holmes pled guilty to driving while intoxicated, third
offense 1 and was sentenced to eight years’ confinement. No plea agreement was in place. Holmes
testified in his defense and presented one other witness.
Holmes’s attorney has filed a brief which states that he has reviewed the record and has
found no genuinely arguable issues that could be raised on appeal. The brief sets out the procedural
history of the case and summarizes the evidence elicited during the course of the trial court
proceedings.        Meeting the requirements of Anders v. California, counsel has provided a
professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be
advanced. Anders v. California,
    386 U.S. 738
    , 743–44 (1967); In re Schulman,
    252 S.W.3d 403
    ,
406 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (orig. proceeding); Stafford v. State,
    813 S.W.2d 503
    , 509–10 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991); High v. State,
    573 S.W.2d 807
    , 812–13 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978).
Counsel also filed a motion with this Court seeking to withdraw as counsel in this appeal.
On November 12, 2019, Holmes received, at his appointed attorney’s office, copies of the
reporter’s and clerk’s records. On December 12, 2019, counsel mailed to Holmes a copy of the
brief and the motion to withdraw. On February 10, 2020, this Court received Holmes’s pro se
response brief. On February 26, 2020, this Court informed Holmes that the case would be set for
submission on the briefs on March 18, 2020.
We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have independently reviewed
the entire appellate record and, like counsel, have determined that no arguable issue supports an
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TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.09 (Supp.).
2
appeal. See Bledsoe v. State,
    178 S.W.3d 824
    , 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). In the Anders
context, once we determine that the appeal is without merit, we must affirm the trial court’s
judgment.
    Id. We affirm 
    the judgment of the trial court. 2
Ralph K. Burgess
Justice
Date Submitted:            March 18, 2020
Date Decided:              March 20, 2020
Do Not Publish
2
Since we agree that this case presents no reversible error, we also, in accordance with Anders, grant counsel’s request
to withdraw from further representation of appellant in this case. See
    Anders, 386 U.S. at 744
    . No substitute counsel
will be appointed. Should appellant desire to seek further review of this case by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,
he must either retain an attorney to file a petition for discretionary review or file a pro se petition for discretionary
review. Any petition for discretionary review (1) must be filed within thirty days from either the date of this opinion
or the date on which the last timely motion for rehearing was overruled by this Court, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2, (2) must
be filed with the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.3, and (3) should comply with
the requirements of Rule 68.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.4.
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