Otis Noble v. State

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedJanuary 8, 2007
Docket07-06-00304-CR
StatusPublished

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Otis Noble v. State, (Tex. Ct. App. 2007).

Opinion

NO. 07-06-0304-CR


IN THE COURT OF APPEALS


FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS


AT AMARILLO


PANEL C


JANUARY 8, 2007



______________________________


OTIS NOBLE, APPELLANT


V.


THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE


_________________________________


FROM THE 227TH DISTRICT COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY;


NO. 2005CR3879; HONORABLE PHILIP A. KAZEN, JUDGE


_______________________________


Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.

ABATEMENT AND REMAND

Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Otis Noble, was convicted of possession, enhanced, and sentenced to twenty years confinement. The clerk's record was filed on July 7, 2006, and the reporter's record was filed on July 28, 2006. Initially, Appellant's brief was due on August 28, 2006. Three extensions of time were granted for appointed counsel to have additional time to research and to complete the brief. In compliance with Rule 38.8(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, counsel was also notified by the Clerk of this Court on two separate occasions that the deadlines in which to file the brief had expired. In response to the Clerk's second notice of November 28, 2006, counsel filed a fourth motion for extension of time requesting another thirty days to continue his research and prepare the brief.

By order of the Court, the fourth motion for extension of time is denied. Instead, we now abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2) and (3). Upon remand, the trial court shall utilize whatever means necessary to determine the following:

1. whether Appellant desires to prosecute the appeal;

  • whether Appellant is indigent and entitled to appointed counsel; and

3. whether Appellant has been denied effective assistance of appointed counsel given counsel's failure to file the brief after being granted three extensions of time in which to complete his research.



Should the trial court determine that Appellant does want to continue the appeal, is indigent, and that present counsel should be replaced, the trial court shall appoint new counsel to represent Appellant in this appeal. If new counsel is appointed, the name, address, telephone number, and state bar number of said counsel shall be included in an order appointing counsel. If necessary, the trial court shall execute findings of fact, conclusions of law, and any necessary orders it may enter regarding the aforementioned issues and cause its findings, conclusions, and orders to be included in a supplemental clerk's record. A supplemental record of the hearing, if any, shall also be prepared. The supplemental clerk's record and supplemental reporter's record, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of this Court on or before February 16, 2007.

It is so ordered.

Per Curiam



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sk Mgmt. v. Herrera, 189 S.W.3d 405 (Tex.App.–Amarillo\ 2006, no pet.). Hereinafter this case is referred to as “Herrera I.”

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                                7 While section 410.252(a) establishes the time for a party aggrieved by a decision\ of the appeals panel to seek judicial review, it does not specify a consequence for\ untimeliness. Timely filing suit under section 410.252(a) has been treated as mandatory\ and jurisdictional. Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Burns, 209 S.W.3d\ 806, 812-814 & n.9 (Tex.App.–Fort Worth 2006, no pet.) (self-insured city was denied\ intervention in suit brought by TML Risk Pool, which lacked standing to seek judicial\ review, as city did file suit within the jurisdictional forty-day period of section 410.252(a));\ Johnson v. United Parcel Serv., 36 S.W.3d 918, 921 (Tex.App.–Dallas 2001, pet. denied);\ Morales v. Employers Cas. Co., 897 S.W.2d 866, 868 (Tex.App.–San Antonio 1995, writ\ denied). The forty-day period also has been referred to as a limitations period. Tex. Dep’t\ of Transp. v. Beckner, 74 S.W.3d 98, 103 (Tex.App.–Waco 2002, no pet.) (looking to\ Dubai Petroleum Co. v. Kazi, 12 S.W.3d 71 (Tex. 2000) and Sierra Club v. Natural Res.\ Conserv. Com’n, 26 S.W.3d 684 (Tex.App.–Austin 2000, no pet.) the court held the forty-day deadline of section 410.252 was a limitations period and not a jurisdictional\ requirement). Cf. Ealey v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 660 S.W.2d 50, 52 (Tex. 1983) (in dicta,\ court noted compliance with twenty-day deadline of predecessor of section 410.252(a) was\ necessary to invoke the district court’s jurisdiction). SORM’s contentions on appeal do not\ make it necessary for us to determine whether its failure to join the City within the forty-day\ period of section 410.252(a) implicated the subject-matter jurisdiction of the trial court or\ transgressed a limitations statute implicating the merits of the case.

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                                8 SORM does not contest the characterization of a non-suit as a dismissal for\ purposes of Civil Practice & Remedies Code section 105.002 and we express no opinion\ on the question.

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                                9 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct reprinted in Tex. Gov’t Code\ Ann., tit. 2 subtit. G app. A (Vernon 2005 & Supp. 2008).

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                                10 Texas Lawyer’s Creed–A Mandate for Professionalism, (adopted by the Supreme\ Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals, November 7, 1989), reprinted in Texas\ Rules of Court 759 (West 2009).

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                                11 See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 82.061 (Vernon 2005) which allows a court to punish\ an attorney by fine or imprisonment for misbehavior or contempt.

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  In relevant part, section 408.221(c) provides:

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