Ramirez v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, ten years’ imprisonment.

We first faced this appeal in 476 S.W.2d 309 (Tex.Cr.App.1972). There we noted that although appellant’s court-appointed counsel had filed a brief which stated that there was no error upon which a non-frivolous appeal could be based, the record did not reflect that a copy of the brief was served upon the appellant as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) and Gainous v. State, 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.Cr.App.1969). For that reason, the appeal…