Lance Edward Goodwin v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 21, 2010
• Docket: 03-10-00341-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-10-00341-CR

Lance Edward Goodwin, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF RUNNELS COUNTY, 119TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 5208, HONORABLE BEN WOODWARD, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Lance Edward Goodwin filed a “petition for writ of error coram nobis” in the

district court, challenging the validity of the court’s 2003 judgment finding Goodwin guilty of

the offense of impersonating a public servant and placing Goodwin on community supervision.1

The district court dismissed Goodwin’s petition, and Goodwin has filed a pro se notice of appeal

from that order.

The purpose of the writ of error coram nobis is to bring before the court rendering

the judgment matters of fact which, if known at the time the judgment was rendered, would have

prevented its rendition. Ex parte McKenzie, 115 Tex. Crim. 315, 29 S.W.2d 771, 772 (Tex. Crim.

1 In 2006, the district court signed an order discharging Goodwin from the terms and conditions of his community supervision. App. 1930). The court of criminal appeals has long held that the writ has no application in this State.

See Ex parte Massey, 157 Tex. Crim. 491, 249 S.W.2d 599, 601 (Tex. Crim. App. 1952).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See McKenzie,

29 S.W.2d at 772.

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Bob Pemberton, Justice

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: July 21, 2010

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