Gerald W. Graves v. State

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________ No. 06-02-00186-CR ______________________________ GERALD W. GRAVES, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 188th Judicial District Court Gregg County, Texas Trial Court No. 20,322-A Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Gerald W. Graves has filed an appeal from the revocation of his community supervision based on his plea of true to stipulated evidence. He retained counsel for appeal. Counsel withdrew by permission of this Court on December 17, 2002, after he had reviewed the record and concluded there were no viable grounds on which an appeal could be successfully pursued. See McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, Dist. 1, 486 U.S. 429, 436 (1988). Graves' brief was then due by December 27, 2002. Graves asked this Court for additional time to hire counsel, and we granted him a thirty-day extension to January 27, 2003. He did not hire new counsel, file a brief, or contact this Court. On February 28, 2003, we wrote Graves, warning him that, if he did not pursue his appeal, it would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution. See Stavinoha v. State, 82 S.W.3d 690 (Tex. App.-Waco 2002, no pet.); Bush v. State, 80 S.W.3d 199 (Tex. App.-Waco 2002, no pet.); see also McDaniel v. State, 75 S.W.3d 605 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 2002, no pet.); Rodriguez v. State, 970 S.W.2d 133, 135 (Tex. App.-Amarillo 1998, pet. ref'd). Graves has not contacted this Court, hired new counsel, or made any effort since that date to pursue this appeal. We dismiss the appeal. Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: July 29, 2003 Date Decided: July 30, 2003 Do Not Publish