Lonnie Frank Harrison Jr. v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Date FiledMay 27, 2026
Docket09-25-00166-CR
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-25-00166-CR
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LONNIE FRANK HARRISON JR., Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 258th District Court
Polk County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 28,220
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
A grand jury indicted Appellant Lonnie Frank Harrison Jr. (“Appellant” or
“Harrison”) for indecency with a child by sexual contact, a second-degree felony,
indecency with a child by exposure, a third-degree felony, and two counts of
aggravated sexual assault of a child, first-degree felonies. 1 See Tex. Penal Code
The indictment for the aggravated sexual assault was initially filed in trial cause
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number 28,221, and later it was consolidated into cause number 28,220 before trial.
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Ann. §§ 21.11, 22.021. Harrison pleaded “not guilty,” but the jury found Harrison
guilty of the offenses of indecency with a child by sexual contact and indecency with
a child by exposure. At a hearing on punishment, the trial court sentenced Harrison
to twenty years of confinement for indecency with a child by sexual contact and two
years of confinement for indecency with a child, with the sentences running
concurrently. Harrison timely filed an appeal.
On appeal, Appellant’s court-appointed attorney filed a brief stating that she
has reviewed the case and, based on her professional evaluation of the record and
applicable law, there are no arguable grounds for reversal. See Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). We
granted an extension of time for Harrison to file a pro se brief, and we received no
response from Harrison.
Upon receiving an Anders brief, this Court must conduct a full examination
of the record to determine whether the appeal is wholly frivolous. Penson v. Ohio,
488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988) (citing Anders, 386 U.S. at 744). We have reviewed the entire
record and counsel’s brief, and we have found nothing that would arguably support
an appeal. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 827-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005)
(“Due to the nature of Anders briefs, by indicating in the opinion that it considered
the issues raised in the briefs and reviewed the record for reversible error but found
none, the court of appeals met the requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate
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Procedure 47.1.”). Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment of new
counsel to re-brief the appeal. Cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1991). We affirm the trial court’s judgment.2
AFFIRMED.
LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
Submitted on May 20, 2026
Opinion Delivered May 27, 2026
Do Not Publish
Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Chambers, JJ.
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Harrison may challenge our decision in this case by filing a petition for
discretionary review with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Tex. R. App. P.
68.
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