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Brown v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Mar 6, 2019
NO. 03-19-00056-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2019)

Summary

holding that there is no appellate jurisdiction over denial of motion for judgment nunc pro tunc

Summary of this case from Myhand v. State

Opinion

NO. 03-19-00056-CR

03-06-2019

Don Roberto Brown, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee


FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 07-1284-K368 , HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION

Don Roberto Brown filed a notice of appeal attempting to challenge the district court's order denying Brown's pro se "Motion to Rescind the Original Judgment of Conviction and Delete Affirmative Finding of a Deadly Weapon." This was in substance a motion for judgment nunc pro tunc, seeking to correct what Brown perceived as clerical errors in his judgment of conviction. See Blanton v. State, 369 S.W.3d 894, 897-98 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012); see also Aleman v. State, No. 03-14-00576-CR, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 11790, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 29, 2014, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (considering similar pro se motion to correct judgment as motion for judgment nunc pro tunc).

"The standard for determining jurisdiction is . . . whether the appeal is authorized by law." Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008); see Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.02 (addressing defendants' appeals in criminal cases); Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2) (authorizing appeals from "judgment of guilt or other appealable order"). There is no such grant of jurisdiction for this appeal from the district court's order denying a post-conviction motion for judgment nunc pro tunc. See Abbott, 271 S.W.3d at 696-97; see also Aleman, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 11790, at *1-2 (dismissing appeal for want of jurisdiction because order denying motion for judgment nunc pro tunc was not appealable); Suarez v. State, No. 03-14-00477-CR, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 10635, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Sept. 25, 2014, pet. ref'd, untimely filed) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (same).

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

/s/_________

Jeff Rose, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Kelly and Smith Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: March 6, 2019 Do Not Publish


Summaries of

Brown v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Mar 6, 2019
NO. 03-19-00056-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2019)

holding that there is no appellate jurisdiction over denial of motion for judgment nunc pro tunc

Summary of this case from Myhand v. State
Case details for

Brown v. State

Case Details

Full title:Don Roberto Brown, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

Court:TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

Date published: Mar 6, 2019

Citations

NO. 03-19-00056-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 6, 2019)

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