STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v. Cabarrus County
Nos. 06 CRS 53321;
06 CRS 15208
JESSEE MAE JONES JAMES
Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Associate Attorney
General Catherine F. Jordan, attorney for the State.
Peter Wood, attorney for defendant-appellant.
JACKSON, Judge.
On 29 January 2007, Jesse Mae Jones James (“defendant”) pled
guilty to felonious possession of a stolen vehicle and to being an
habitual felon. Defendant was sentenced to 101 to 131 months
imprisonment. Defendant filed timely notice of appeal.
Defense counsel represents that he has been unable to identify
any issues that, in his opinion, have sufficient merit to support
an argument and, consequently, submits defendant's brief pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493, reh'g
denied, 388 U.S. 924, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1377 (1967), and State v. Kinch,
314 N.C. 99, 331 S.E.2d 665 (1985). By letter dated 23 April 2007, defense counsel informed
defendant that he was unable to find error in defendant's trial and
that defendant could file her own arguments with this Court, if she
so desired. Copies of the transcript, record, and brief filed by
counsel were sent to defendant. Accordingly, we hold that
defendant's counsel has complied with the holdings in Anders and
Kinch. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744, 18 L. Ed. 2d at 498; Kinch, 314
N.C. at 102, 331 S.E.2d at 666.67.
Defendant has filed no written arguments in this Court, and a
reasonable time for her to have done so has passed.
In accordance with Anders, we have examined the record for
possible prejudicial error and found no issues of arguable merit.
No error.
Chief Judge MARTIN and Judge CALABRIA concur.
Report per Rule 30(e)
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