Ex Parte Rosa Maria Cruces

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 15, 2015
• Docket: 13-15-00136-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-15-00136-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

EX PARTE ROSA MARIA CRUCES

On appeal from the 197th District Court of Cameron County, Texas.

ORDER Before Justices Valdez, Rodriguez, and Longoria Order Per Curiam

Appellant, Ex Parte Rosa Maria Cruces, has filed a notice of appeal with this

Court from his conviction in trial court cause number 2010-CR-2257-C. The trial court’s

certification of the defendant’s right to appeal shows that the defendant does not have

the right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed if a certification showing that a

defendant has a right of appeal is not made a part of the record. TEX. R. APP. P.

25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Within thirty days of this notice, appellant’s lead appellate counsel, Pablo Rocha,

is hereby ORDERED to: 1) review the record; 2) determine whether appellant has a

right to appeal; and 3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings as to whether

appellant has a right to appeal and/or advise this Court as to the existence of any

amended certification.

If appellant’s counsel determines that appellant has a right to appeal, counsel is

further ORDERED to file a motion with this Court within thirty days of this notice,

identifying and explaining substantive reasons why appellant has a right to appeal. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3, 44.4; see also, e.g., Carroll v. State, No. 04-03-00473-CR, 2003

Tex. App. LEXIS 7317 (San Antonio 2003, no pet.) (designated for publication)

(certification form provided in appendix to appellate rules may be modified to reflect that

defendant has right of appeal under circumstances not addressed by the form). The

motion must include an analysis of the applicable case law, and any factual allegations

therein must be true and supported by the record. Cf. Woods v. State, 108 S.W.3d 314,

316 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (construing former appellate rule 25.2(b)(3) and holding that

recitations in the notice of appeal must be true and supported by the record). Copies of

record documents necessary to evaluate the alleged error in the certification affecting

appellant’s right to appeal shall be attached to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1,

10.2.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 15th day of April 2015.