Torres v. State

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Though charged with aggravated assault, Manuel Gutierrez Torres was convicted by a jury of the lesser offense of assault causing bodily injury. He received a sentence of one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. Thereafter, an appeal was perfected, and his retained attorney filed a motion to withdraw wherein he certified that, after diligently searching the record, he concluded there is no reversible error. So too did counsel file what appears to be an Anders brief explaining why the conviction was lawful. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18…