                                           In The

                                   Court of Appeals
                      Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                   NO. 09-12-00282-CR
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                      GEORGE ALEXANDER REED, Appellant

                                             V.

                           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                   On Appeal from the 284th District Court
                        Montgomery County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. 04-07-05407 CR
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                                          ORDER

       On January 2, 2013 appellant’s appointed 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, notified appellant of his right to review the record and

file a pro se brief, and advised appellant of his right to seek discretionary review.


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       It is, therefore, ORDERED that appellant, George Alexander Reed, 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 January 10, 2013.

                                                                 PER CURIAM

Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ.




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