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Cook v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi-Edinburg
Feb 6, 2003
Number 13-01-478-CR (Tex. App. Feb. 6, 2003)

Opinion

Number 13-01-478-CR.

Opinion Delivered and Filed February 6, 2003. DO NOT PUBLISH, Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).

Appeal from the 163rd District Court of Orange County, Texas.

Before Justices HINOJOSA, CASTILLO and BAIRD.

Former Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Charles F. Baird assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 74.003 (Vernon 1998).


MEMORANDUM OPINION


On September 29, 1995, the trial judge found sufficient evidence to substantiate appellant's guilt, but deferred such a finding, and placed appellant on community supervision for five years. The State's first amended motion to impose guilt was filed on February 2, 1998. A hearing on that motion was held on May 2, 2001. At that hearing, appellant argued the motion to impose guilt should not be heard because the State failed to exercise due diligence in apprehending appellant. The trial court rejected appellant's argument, granted the motion to impose guilt, found appellant guilty, assessed punishment at 835 days, and gave appellant credit for 835 days of confinement. In a single point of error, appellant challenges the trial judge's due diligence determination. However, article 42.12, section 5(b) of the code of criminal procedure deprives this Court of jurisdiction to consider a challenge to a due diligence determination arising from an adjudication of guilt hearing. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 42.12, § 5(b)(Vernon Supp. 2003); Connolly v. State, 983 S.W.2d 738, 741 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999); Poledore v. State, 8 S.W.3d 22, 24 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.], pet. ref'd). This appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

Cook v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi-Edinburg
Feb 6, 2003
Number 13-01-478-CR (Tex. App. Feb. 6, 2003)
Case details for

Cook v. State

Case Details

Full title:DENNIS COOK, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi-Edinburg

Date published: Feb 6, 2003

Citations

Number 13-01-478-CR (Tex. App. Feb. 6, 2003)