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*0 FILE COPY *1 FILE COPY C O U R T O F A P P E A L S S E C O N D D I S T R I C T O F T E X A S CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK TIM CURRY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER TERRIE LIVINGSTON DEBRA SPISAK 401 W. BELKNAP, SUITE 9000 FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76196-0211 JUSTICES CHIEF STAFF ATTORNEY LEE ANN DAUPHINOT LISA M. WEST TEL: (817) 884-1900 ANNE GARDNER SUE WALKER GENERAL COUNSEL FAX: (817) 884-1932 BILL MEIER CLARISSA HODGES LEE GABRIEL www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa BONNIE SUDDERTH
August 12, 2015 Ricardo Enrique Vergara
Goodman Unit #01989599
349 Private Road 9430
Jasper, TX 75951
RE: Court of Appeals Number: 02-15-00122-CR
02-15-00123-CR Trial Court Case Number: 1403603R 1403601R Style: Ricardo Enrique Vergara
v.
The State of Texas
Dear Mr. Vergara:
Your court-appointed attorney, Peter Smythe, filed a motion to withdraw as
counsel on appeal and a brief supporting that motion in the above cause. In
these documents, your attorney has certified that, in his opinion, any appeal of
your conviction would be wholly frivolous and without merit.
Your court-appointed attorney, Peter Smythe, filed a motion to withdraw as
counsel on appeal and a brief supporting that motion in the above cause. In
these documents, your attorney has certified that, in his opinion, any appeal of
your conviction would be wholly frivolous and without merit. Your attorney states
that copies of the motion and brief have been delivered to you. Your attorney
also states that a copy of the record on appeal has been provided to you should
you wish to review it for the purpose of filing a pro se response to the Anders
brief in which you point out any alleged errors that you feel were committed in
your trial.
02-15-00122-CR
August 12, 2015
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Please inform this court within fourteen (14) days of the date of this letter
whether, upon examination of the record provided by your attorney, you desire to
file a pro se response to the Anders brief. If you inform the court that you wish to
file a pro se response to the Anders brief, the court will then set a due date for
your response to be filed.
If you do not advise this court of your intentions within fourteen (14) days
of the date of this letter, this court will assume that you do not wish to file a pro se
response to the Anders brief and that you have nothing to add to the brief filed by
your attorney.
Respectfully yours, DEBRA SPISAK, CLERK By: Rene Wallace, Deputy Clerk cc: Peter Smythe
Peter Smythe, P.C.
835 E. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 264
Arlington, TX 76011
Debra A. Windsor
Assistant District Attorney
401 W. Belknap St.
Fort Worth, TX 76196-0201
Criminal District Clerk, Tarrant County
Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
401 W. Belknap, 3rd Floor
Fort Worth, TX 76196-0402