Walter Green Jr. v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: April 23, 2026
• Docket: 02-26-00066-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________

No. 02-26-00066-CR ___________________________

WALTER GREEN JR., Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from the 432nd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. C-432-W012771-1514816-B

Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Bassel, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr MEMORANDUM OPINION

In 2019, a jury convicted Appellant Walter Green Jr. of continuous violence

against the family. During the punishment phase, the trial court sentenced him to

45 years’ confinement. We affirmed Green’s conviction on direct appeal. See Green v.

State, No. 02-19-00396-CR, 2021 WL 1421443, at *6 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Apr.

15, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

In December 2025, Green filed an Article 11.07 application for writ of habeas

corpus challenging his conviction and sentence. The trial court recommended that

Green’s application be dismissed as a subsequent application, and the trial-court clerk

forwarded the application and the trial court’s findings and order to the Court of

Criminal Appeals. Subsequently, the Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Green’s

application without written order. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 4(a)–(c).

Green attempts to appeal the trial court’s findings and order that were forwarded to

the Court of Criminal Appeals.

In the criminal context, our jurisdiction is generally limited to cases in which

the trial court has signed a judgment of conviction. McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160,

161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.) (per curiam). We do not have jurisdiction

over matters related to postconviction relief from an otherwise final felony

conviction. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07; Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v.

Ct. of Appeals for the Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (orig.

2 proceeding); Ex parte Prescott, No. 02-20-00066-CR, 2020 WL 1949013, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth Apr. 23, 2020, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

We called this issue to Green’s attention, and we gave him ten days to show

grounds for continuing his appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. But Green has not

responded. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.

App. P. 43.2(f).

/s/ Elizabeth Kerr Elizabeth Kerr Justice

Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: April 23, 2026