                                         In The

                                   Court of Appeals
                       Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                   NO. 09-12-00287-CR
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                          CHRISTOPHER GROZE, Appellant

                                            V.

                           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                   On Appeal from the 356th District Court
                          Hardin County, Texas
                           Trial Cause No. 18568
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                                        ORDER

        On November 15, 2012, appellant’s retained counsel filed a motion to withdraw

and a brief which urges this Court to review this appeal 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 record and the reporter’s record, and notified appellant of his right to review the

record and file a pro se brief.


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       It is, therefore, ORDERED that appellant, Christopher Groze, 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.

       At the conclusion of the appeal, counsel must send appellant a copy of the opinion

and judgment, along with a notification of his right to seek discretionary review under

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 68, and send this Court a letter certifying his

compliance. See Tex. R App. P. 48.4, 68.

       ORDER ENTERED November 29, 2012.

                                                                  PER CURIAM


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




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