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Ex parte Frederiksen

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Jun 30, 2017
NO. 03-17-00332-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 30, 2017)

Opinion

NO. 03-17-00332-CR

06-30-2017

Ex parte Taylor Don Frederiksen


FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. 04-02345-W-1 , HONORABLE PENNY ANNE ROBERTS, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Taylor Don Frederiksen seeks to appeal the county court's order denying relief on his application for writ of habeas corpus. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. arts. 11.01, 11.05, 11.09. The court signed the order denying the application on January 23, 2017, and consequently, Frederiksen's deadline for perfecting his appeal was February 22, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Frederiksen did not file his notice of appeal until March 19, 2017. Because Frederiksen did not timely file his notice of appeal, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of his attempted appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction. See Castillo v. State, 369 S.W.3d 196, 198 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).

In his notice of appeal, Frederiksen asserts that his appeal "should not be time barred" because he was "not informed of the court's decision in this matter until March 10, 2017." Although a party who does not receive notice of an appealable order or judgment in a civil case may, under certain circumstances, obtain additional time to file a notice of appeal, see Tex. R. App. P. 4.2; Tex. R. Civ. P. 306a, being unaware of an appealable order or judgment does not excuse an untimely notice of appeal in a criminal case, e.g., Dewalt v. State, 417 S.W.3d 678, 689-90 (Tex. App.—Austin 2013, pet. ref'd); see Ex parte Nugent, No. 01-16-00903-CR, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 267, at *5 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2017, pet. ref'd) (mem. op., not designated for publication). But see Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 (appellate court may extend time to file notice of appeal if party files notice of appeal and motion for extension of time complying with Rule 10.5(b) within 15 days of deadline for filing).

/s/_________

Scott K. Field, Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Field and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: June 30, 2017 Do Not Publish


Summaries of

Ex parte Frederiksen

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Jun 30, 2017
NO. 03-17-00332-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 30, 2017)
Case details for

Ex parte Frederiksen

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Taylor Don Frederiksen

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

Date published: Jun 30, 2017

Citations

NO. 03-17-00332-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 30, 2017)