Arturo Xavier Corona v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Date FiledJune 11, 2026
Docket11-24-00291-CR
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Opinion filed June 11, 2026
In The
Eleventh Court of Appeals
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No. 11-24-00291-CR
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ARTURO XAVIER CORONA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 29th District Court
Palo Pinto County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 17415, 18104, & 18188
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Arturo Xavier Corona, was charged by separate indictments with
bail jumping and failure to appear in a felony case on two occasions, both third-
degree felonies, and possession of methamphetamine in an amount of less than one
gram, a state-jail felony. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115(b)
(West Supp. 2025); TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 38.10(f) (West 2016). The State
further alleged that Appellant had been previously finally convicted of multiple
felonies, which, if found to be true, increased the punishment ranges for each
charged offense to the next highest degree. See PENAL § 12.42(a) (West Supp.
2025), § 12.425(a) (West 2019). In a consolidated proceeding, Appellant entered
open pleas of guilty to all three offenses, then pled “true” to the enhancement
allegations. The trial court accepted Appellant’s pleas and, following a sentencing
hearing, found Appellant guilty and the enhancement allegations to be “true.” The
trial court assessed Appellant’s punishment at concurrent terms of imprisonment in
the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for each
conviction—seven years for the possession-of-methamphetamine conviction, and
fifteen years each for the bail jumping and failure-to-appear convictions.
Appellant’s court-appointed counsel has filed a motion to withdraw in this
court. The motion is supported by a brief in which counsel professionally and
conscientiously examines the record and applicable law and concludes that there are
no arguable issues to present on appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744
(1967); In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403, 406–09 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). Counsel
has provided Appellant with a copy of the brief, a copy of the motion to withdraw,
an explanatory letter, and a copy of the clerk’s record and reporter’s record. Counsel
also advised Appellant of his right to object to counsel’s motion to withdraw, to
review the record and file a pro se response to counsel’s Anders brief, and to file a
petition for discretionary review. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5, 68. As such, court-
appointed counsel has complied with the requirements of Anders, 386 U.S. at 742–
44, Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014), Schulman, 252 S.W.3d
at 409–12, and Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991).
Appellant has not filed a pro se response to counsel’s Anders brief. Following
the procedures outlined in Anders and Schulman, we have independently reviewed
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the record and likewise conclude that the appeal is without merit. 1 See Anders, 386
U.S. at 744; Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 & n.6 (Tex. Crim. App.
2005).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the
judgments of the trial court.
W. STACY TROTTER
JUSTICE
June 11, 2026
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.
We note that Appellant has the right to file a petition for discretionary review in the Texas Court of
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Criminal Appeals pursuant to Rule 68 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.
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