Thanks for visiting! Welcome to a new way to research case law. You are viewing a free summary from Descrybe.ai. For citation and good law / bad law checking, legal issue analysis, and other advanced tools, explore our Legal Research Toolkit — not free, but close.
Vanessa Z. Salas v. State
Citation: Not availableDocket: 04-14-00868-CR
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas; March 1, 2015; Texas; State Appellate Court
Original Court Document: View Document
Appellant Vanessa Zuniga Salas is represented by a court-appointed attorney who has filed an Anders brief and a motion to withdraw, asserting there are no viable issues for appeal. The attorney has informed Salas of her rights, including the option to review the record and file a pro se brief or petition for discretionary review if the appeal is deemed frivolous. Salas is granted until April 1, 2015, to submit a pro se brief; the State may then respond within thirty days if a brief is filed. If no pro se brief is submitted, the State has until May 1, 2015, to respond to the attorney's brief. The court has held the motion to withdraw in abeyance until it conducts an independent review of the record to confirm the appeal's frivolous nature, as required by Penson v. Ohio and further supported by Schulman v. State. No new counsel will be appointed for Salas at this time. The court clerk is instructed to distribute copies of this order to relevant parties.