Legal Opinion

Villanueva v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided October 18, 2006No. 10-05-00288-CRPublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

The trial court convicted Javier Villa-nueva (who had waived his right to a jury) of indecency with a child by contact, a second-degree felony, and assessed a ten-year prison sentence. Villanueva’s appointed appellate counsel has filed an Anders brief and a motion to withdraw as counsel. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Counsel and this court have notified Villanueva of his right to file a pro se brief or response, but he has not done so. We will affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Counsel’s Anders brief considers all the…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. High v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Bledsoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by58 opinions

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