Calvin Dwayne Vernon v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 4, 2009
• Docket: 10-09-00292-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-09-00292-CR

CALVIN DWAYNE VERNON, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 1990-0040-C

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Calvin Vernon was convicted of attempted murder in 1991 and

sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. Because the judgment contains a deadly

weapon finding that Appellant believes is erroneous, Appellant filed a motion for nunc

pro tunc order in the trial court. The trial court denied that motion, and Appellant seeks

to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion for an order nunc pro tunc.

We notified Appellant that this court may not have jurisdiction over this appeal

and that unless he showed grounds for continuing it, we would dismiss his appeal for want of jurisdiction. Appellant has filed a response,1 but it fails to show that we have

appellate jurisdiction.

We do not have appellate jurisdiction of the denial of a motion for judgment

nunc pro tunc. Everett v. State, 82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, pet. dism’d). The

appropriate remedy to obtain review of the denial of a nunc pro tunc motion is by a

petition for writ of mandamus. Ex parte Forooghi, 185 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)

(Johnson, J., concurring statement); see also Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147, 149 (Tex.

Crim. App. 2004).

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

REX D. DAVIS Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Reyna, and Justice Davis (Chief Justice Gray concurs in the dismissal of this proceeding. A separate opinion will not issue.) Dismissed Opinion delivered and filed November 4, 2009 Do not publish [CRPM]

1Appellant’s response and his combined notice of appeal/brief lack proper proof of service as required by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. A copy of all documents presented to the Court must be served on all parties (i.e., the State) to the appeal and must contain proof of service. TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5. To expedite this matter, we implement Rule 2 to suspend Rule 9.5’s proof-of-service requirement.

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