Sutherland v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before the court to the offense of delivery of a controlled substance, Hydromorphone. She was convicted and the court assessed punishment, enhanced by proof of a prior felony conviction, at imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for 15 years.

On March 1, 1983, in an unreported per curiam opinion 646 S.W.2d 463, a companion conviction was affirmed and this conviction was abated. Appellant’s retained counsel in this case had filed a frivolous appeal brief. This Court abated the appeal for compliance with High v. State, 573…