Peter Henery v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 24, 2011
• Docket: 14-09-00996-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Reversed and Remanded, and Majority and Dissenting Memorandum Opinions filed February 24, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-09-00996-CR

PETER HENERY, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Criminal Court at Law No. 4

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1634586

DISSENTING MEMORANDUM OPINION

            The written order granting appellant’s motion to quash contradicts the trial court’s oral denial.  This circumstance establishes at least a plausible basis for contending that the written order resulted from a clerical error.  We have authority to abate this appeal and remand for the trial court to conduct a nunc pro tunc hearing and determine whether the written order was signed as the result of a clerical error.  See Rodriguez v. State, 42 S.W.3d 181, 186-87 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2001, no pet.); Smith v. State, 801 S.W.2d 629, 633 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1991, no pet.).  We should follow this procedure here regardless of whether the State asks us to do so.  Accordingly, I respectfully dissent from this court’s judgment reversing the trial court’s judgment and remanding with instructions to dismiss the cause.

                                                                        /s/        William J. Boyce

                                                                                    Justice

Panel consists of Justices Seymore, Boyce, and Christopher.  (Seymore, J., majority).

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