Scotts v. State

Full title: Anthony Jerome Scotts, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin

Date published: Nov 21, 2008

Nos. 03-07-00555-CR, 03-08-00441-CR (Tex. App. Nov. 21, 2008)

Opinion

Nos. 03-07-00555-CR, 03-08-00441-CR

Ordered November 21, 2008. DO NOT PUBLISH

Appealed from the District Court of Travis County, 299^th Judicial District No. D-1-DC-06-206246, Honorable Charles F. Baird, Judge Presiding.

Before Justices PATTERSON, WALDROP and HENSON.

ORDER

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

Anthony Jerome Scotts appeals from his conviction for possession of more than one gram of cocaine. His previous appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction because his notice of appeal was untimely filed. Scotts v. State, No. 03-07-00555-CR (Tex.App.-Austin Oct. 11, 2007, no pet.). Thereafter, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted appellant's application to pursue an out-of-time appeal. Ex parte Scotts, No. AP-75,927 (Tex.Crim.App. June 4, 2008). He filed a new notice of appeal arising from the same trial court cause underlying appellate cause number 03-07-00555-CR, thereby initiating appellate cause number 03-08-00441-CR. The court reporter in the underlying cause has requested that this Court's clerk transfer the reporter's record filed appellate cause number 03-07-00555-CR to appellate cause number 03-08-00441-CR. We approve this request. The reporter's record filed in appellate cause number 03-07-00555-CR will be transferred to appellate cause number 03-08-00441-CR.