                                     In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-11-00610-CR
                              NO. 09-11-00611-CR
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                   ACE ALLEN KRETZER JR., Appellant

                                        V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                 On Appeal from the 1st District Court
                         Newton County, Texas
                 Trial Cause Nos. ND 6577 and ND 6578
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                                     ORDER

       On February 15, 2013, appellant’s appointed counsel filed a motion to

withdraw and a brief which urges this Court to review these appeals pursuant to

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). See In

re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 408-09 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). Counsel certified

service of the motion to withdraw and the brief on the appellant. Counsel states he

provided appellant with a copy of the clerk’s records and the reporter’s records,

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notified appellant of his right to review the records and file a pro se brief, and

advised appellant of his right to seek discretionary review.

      It is, therefore, ORDERED that appellant, Ace Allen Kretzer Jr., be given 60

days from the date hereof to file a pro se brief. It is, further, ORDERED that the

State may file a reply brief, due 30 days from the date appellant files his brief, or if

no brief is filed by appellant, 70 days from the date hereof.

      ORDER ENTERED February 28, 2013.

                                                            PER CURIAM

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




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