the pleas, found appellant guilty, and ordered the preparation of a pre-sentence investigation report. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 42.12 § 9 (Vernon Supp.2004). At the hearing on the report, appellant presented testimony and exhibits. The trial court assessed appellant's punishment in each case at 35 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine.
On November 2, 2000, appellant filed pro se motions for new trial and notices of appeal in each case. In his pleadings, he sought to challenge the voluntariness of his plea, the punishment assessed and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. He also filed an affidavit of indigence and requested the appointment of appellate counsel. In his motions for new trial, he asserted he waspleas were not made knowingly and voluntarily. We agreed and, in a third opinion issued on April 16, 2002, again abated the appeals to the trial court to conduct a hearing on appellant's motions for new trial. Champion, 82 S.W.3d at 83-84.
Such a hearing was conducted by the trial court on September 23, 2002, and the record has been supplemented with a reporter's record of the hearing. The trial court also appointed attorney Ted Doebbler on appeal. On January 13, 2003, we reinstated the appeals. After appointed counsel missed two deadlines set by us for filing an appellate brief, appellant sought dismissal of the appointed counsel. We overruled appellant's motion and extended the time for filing an appellate brief, which resulted in Doebbler filing an Anders brief. However,