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In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-26-00078-CR LILLIE SHALYN MCCARLEY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 371st District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 1805180 Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens MEMORANDUM OPINION Lillie Shalyn McCarley pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second- degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.02(a)(2). Pursuant to a plea bargain with the State, the trial court placed McCarley on four years’ deferred adjudication community supervision. The State later filed a motion to adjudicate guilt alleging that McCarley committed criminal mischief. After an evidentiary hearing, which included McCarley’s video-recorded confession to law enforcement that she had committed the criminal mischief, the trial court found the State’s allegation true, adjudicated McCarley’s guilt, and sentenced her to twelve years’ imprisonment. McCarley appeals.1 McCarley’s appellate counsel has filed a brief stating that he reviewed the record and found no genuinely arguable issues that could be raised on appeal. The brief sets out the procedural history of the case and summarizes the evidence elicited during the course of the trial- court proceedings. Since appellate counsel has provided a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced, that evaluation meets the requirements of Anders v. California. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 743–44 (1967); In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 406 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (orig. proceeding); Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 509–10 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 812–13 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978). Appellate counsel also filed a motion with this Court seeking to withdraw as counsel in this appeal. 1 Originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (Supp.). We follow the precedent of the Second Court of Appeals in deciding the issues presented. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3. 2 On July 21, 2026, appellate counsel mailed to McCarley copies of the brief, the motion to withdraw, and a motion for pro se access to the appellate record lacking only McCarley’s signature. McCarley was informed of her rights to review the record and file a pro se response. On July 21, we informed McCarley that her motion for pro se access to the appellate record was due on or before August 5. By letter dated August 18, this Court informed McCarley that the case would be set for submission on September 8. We received neither a pro se response from McCarley nor a motion requesting an extension of time in which to file such a response. We have determined that this appeal is wholly frivolous. We have independently reviewed the entire appellate record and, like appellate counsel, have determined that no arguable issue supports an appeal. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). In the Anders context, once we determine that the appeal is without merit, we must affirm the trial court’s judgment. Id. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.2 Scott E. Stevens Chief Justice Date Submitted: September 8, 2026 Date Decided: September 23, 2026 Do Not Publish 2 Since we agree that this case presents no reversible error, we also, in accordance with Anders, grant appellate counsel’s request to withdraw from further representation of appellant in this case. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744. No substitute counsel will be appointed. Should appellant desire to seek further review of this case by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the appellant must either retain an attorney to file a petition for discretionary review or file a pro se petition for discretionary review. Any petition for discretionary review (1) must be filed within thirty days from either the date of this opinion or the date on which the last timely motion for rehearing was overruled by this Court, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2, (2) must be filed with the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.3, and (3) should comply with the requirements of Rule 68.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, see TEX. R. APP. P. 68.4. 3