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Flores v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso
Aug 30, 2021
No. 08-21-00133-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2021)

Opinion

08-21-00133-CR

08-30-2021

ERIC FLORES, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.


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Appeal from the 120th District Court of El Paso County, Texas (TC# 20110D01621)

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Alley, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JEFF ALLEY, JUSTICE

Eric Flores, pro se, has filed a document that we construe to be a notice of appeal relating to State of Texas v. Eric Flores, Cause No. 20110D01621, arising out of the 120th District Court. We dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

Flores was convicted of burglary of a building on January 28, 2016 in trial court cause number 20110D01621. On May 18, 2017, this Court issued an opinion affirming Flores' conviction in trial court cause number 20110D01621 arising out of the 120th District Court, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused his petition for discretionary review. See Flores v. State, No. 08-16-00025-CR, 2017 WL 2180705 (Tex.App.--El Paso May 18, 2017, pet. ref'd). Flores' conviction is thus final, and this Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain another appeal from the same case.

The Court previously dismissed another attempted out-of-time appeal from this conviction in October 2019. See Flores v. State, No. 08-19-00232-CR, 2019 WL 4892380, at *1 (Tex.App.--El Paso Oct. 4, 2019, pet. ref'd).

To the extent that Flores is requesting an out-of-time appeal, only the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to grant Appellant an out-of-time appeal of his felony convictions. See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991) (en banc) (explaining that writ of habeas corpus pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure governs out-of-time appeals from felony convictions).

Accordingly, this attempted appeal is dismissed.


Summaries of

Flores v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso
Aug 30, 2021
No. 08-21-00133-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2021)
Case details for

Flores v. State

Case Details

Full title:ERIC FLORES, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso

Date published: Aug 30, 2021

Citations

No. 08-21-00133-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2021)

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