Legal Opinion
Meza, Pedro Jose
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 20, 2006No. PD-1181-05Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-1181-05
PEDRO JOSE MEZA, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE TENTH
COURT OF APPEALS
TARRANT COUNTY
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
O P I N I O N
We granted discretionary review on our own motion (1) in this cause to review the implicit holding of the Tenth Court of Appeals that it had no authority to grant a motion by a court-appointed appellate attorney in a criminal appeal to withdraw from representation of his client on the basis that the attorney, after due diligence, could not find any non-frivolous issues to raise, and…
3Cases cited17 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Penson v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Bledsoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Ex Parte OwensCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
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