












 
 
 
 
 
 
                                               COURT OF APPEALS
                                                 SECOND
DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                                                FORT
WORTH
 
 
                                        NO.
2-05-152-CR
 
 
DONALD RAY BROWN                                                         APPELLANT
 
                                                   V.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                STATE
 
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              FROM
THE 355TH DISTRICT COURT OF HOOD COUNTY
 
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                                MEMORANDUM
OPINION[1]
 
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Appellant Donald Ray Brown
appeals from a conviction for possession of 
chemicals with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, namely
methamphetamine.  A jury convicted him
and assessed his punishment at fifteen years= confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.  The trial court
sentenced him accordingly.




Appellant=s court‑appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to
withdraw as counsel and a brief in support of that motion.  In his brief, counsel has reviewed the
history of the case, including detailing the evidence presented. Counsel=s brief and motion meet the requirements of Anders v. California[2]
by presenting a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there
are no reversible grounds on appeal and referencing any grounds that might
arguably support the appeal.[3]  Although this court notified Appellant that
he could file a pro se brief, he did not do so.




In our duties as a reviewing
court, we must conduct an independent evaluation of the record to determine
whether counsel is correct in determining that the appeal is frivolous.[4]  Only then may we grant counsel=s motion to withdraw.[5]  We have carefully reviewed the record and
counsel=s brief.  We agree that the
appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. 
We find nothing in the record that might arguably support the appeal.[6]  Therefore, we grant the motion to withdraw
filed by Appellant=s counsel
and affirm the trial court=s judgment.
PER CURIAM
PANEL F:    DAUPHINOT, J.; CAYCE,
C.J.; and LIVINGSTON, J.
DO
NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
 
DELIVERED: 
May 11, 2006




[1]See Tex. R.
App. P. 47.4.


[2]386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct. 1396
(1967).


[3]See Mays v. State, 904 S.W.2d 920, 922‑23
(Tex. App.CFort Worth 1995, no pet.).


[4]See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1991); Mays, 904 S.W.2d at 923.


[5]See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83‑84, 109 S.
Ct. 346, 351 (1988).


[6]See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2005).


