Coleton Chase Bizzell v. the State of Texas

Opinion filed July 24, 2025

In The

Eleventh Court of Appeals
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No. 11-24-00144-CR
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COLETON CHASE BIZZELL, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 385th District Court
Ector County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. D-23-1553-CR

MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Coleton Chase Bizzell, was charged by indictment with the offense
of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03
(West 2019). Following a bench trial, the trial court found Appellant guilty and
assessed his punishment at imprisonment for thirty years in the Institutional Division
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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
(1967). 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 review the record
and file a response to counsel’s brief, and of his right to file a petition for
discretionary review. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68. As such, court-appointed counsel has
complied with the requirements of Anders, 386 U.S. 738; Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d
313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); In re Schulman, 252 S.W.3d 403 (Tex. Crim. App.
2008); 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
the record, and we agree that the appeal is without merit.1
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the
judgment of the trial court.

W. STACY TROTTER
JUSTICE

July 24, 2025
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

1
Appellant has the right to file a petition for discretionary review pursuant to Rule 68 of the Texas
Rules of Appellate Procedure.
2