                                        In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                 NO. 09-11-00617-CR
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                       WILLIE EARL STEWART, Appellant

                                           V.

                         THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                   On Appeal from the 75th District Court
                          Liberty County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. CR28533
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                             MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Following a jury trial, appellant, Willie Earl Stewart, was convicted of murder.

See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b) (West 2011). Stewart was sentenced by the jury to

confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life. The jury assessed a

fine in the amount of $10,000. This appeal followed.

      Stewart’s appellate counsel filed a brief that presents counsel’s professional

evaluation of the record and concludes the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California,

386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807


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(Tex. Crim. App. 1978). On September 6, 2012, we granted an extension of time for

appellant to file a pro se brief. We received no response from Stewart.

      We have reviewed the appellate record, and we agree with counsel’s conclusion

that no arguable issues support an appeal. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order

appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Compare Stafford v. State, 813

S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment.1

      AFFIRMED.



                                                       ___________________________
                                                              CHARLES KREGER
                                                                   Justice

Submitted on December 28, 2012
Opinion Delivered January 23, 2013
Do not publish

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




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         Appellant may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review. See Tex. R. App. P. 68.
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