Jeremy Teak Palmer v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 6, 2017
• Docket: 03-16-00676-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

ON REHEARING

NO. 03-16-00676-CR

Jeremy Teak Palmer, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR2013-250, HONORABLE R. BRUCE BOYER, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

We withdraw the opinion and judgment dated November 18, 2016, reinstate the

appeal, and substitute the following order and memorandum opinion in their place.

In our prior opinion, we dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction because it

appeared untimely. Appellant Jeremy Teak Palmer, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal on

October 6, 2016, from a judgment of conviction for driving while intoxicated with two or more

previous convictions for the same type of offense. The district court imposed sentence on June 8, 2015.

Thus, the deadline for perfecting the appeal was July 8, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). The

remedy for a late-filed notice of appeal is to file a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for consideration of an out-of-time appeal. See Tex. Code

Crim. Proc. art. 11.07.

After we issued our opinion dismissing the appeal for want of jurisdiction, the State

filed a notice informing the Court that Palmer applied for an unopposed out-of-time appeal through

a writ of habeas corpus, and the Court of Criminal Appeals granted Palmer an out-of-time appeal in

an opinion issued on September 14, 2016. See Ex parte Palmer, WR-85,544-01, 2016 WL 4938399,

at *1 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 14, 2016) (not designated for publication). In that opinion, the Court

of Criminal Appeals directed the trial court to hold a hearing within ten days to appoint counsel for

Palmer’s appeal. It does not appear that a hearing has yet been held.

Accordingly, under these circumstances, we abate the appeal and remand the case to

the district court to conduct a hearing within ten days of the issuance of this opinion to determine

whether Palmer is indigent as directed by the Court of Criminal Appeals in the above-referenced

opinion. If Palmer is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the district court shall

immediately appoint an attorney to represent Palmer in this appeal. The district court shall make

appropriate written findings and recommendations. Following the hearing, which shall be

transcribed, the district court shall order the appropriate supplemental clerk’s and reporter’s

records—including all findings and orders—to be prepared and forwarded to this Court no later than

February 6, 2017.

It is so ordered this 6th day of January, 2017.

2 __________________________________________ Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Bourland

Abated and Remanded

Filed: January 6, 2017

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