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Dowden v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio
Dec 23, 2024
No. 04-24-00630-CR (Tex. App. Dec. 23, 2024)

Opinion

04-24-00630-CR

12-23-2024

Latoya Marchelle DOWDEN, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee


DO NOT PUBLISH

From the 144th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2013CR9226W Honorable Raymond Angelini, Judge Presiding

Sitting: Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice Irene Rios, Justice Beth Watkins, Justice

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

Appellant Latoya Marchelle Dowden seeks to appeal the trial court's judgment revoking her community supervision. A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke a court of appeals' jurisdiction. See Taylor v. State, 424 S.W.3d 39, 43 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). A review of the record shows the trial court revoked her community supervision and imposed sentence on January 29, 2019. Because Dowden did not file a motion for new trial, her notice of appeal was then due by February 28, 2019, or a notice and motion for extension of time was due fifteen days later on March 15, 2019. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1), 26.3. The record contains a notice of appeal file stamped September 3, 2024. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3.

Because it appeared the notice of appeal was untimely filed, we ordered Dowden to show cause in writing no later than November 25, 2024, why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. We admonished Dowden that a failure to satisfactorily respond to this court's order within the time provided would result in the dismissal of the appeal. We further admonished Dowden if a supplemental clerk's record is necessary to show this court's jurisdiction, she had the burden to request the trial court clerk to prepare the record and file a copy of the request with this court.

Dowden did not file a response. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522; see also Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (out-of-time appeal from final felony conviction may be sought by filing writ of habeas corpus pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure).


Summaries of

Dowden v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio
Dec 23, 2024
No. 04-24-00630-CR (Tex. App. Dec. 23, 2024)
Case details for

Dowden v. State

Case Details

Full title:Latoya Marchelle DOWDEN, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio

Date published: Dec 23, 2024

Citations

No. 04-24-00630-CR (Tex. App. Dec. 23, 2024)