NO. 0 7 - 0 7 - 0 4 0 3 - CR I N TH E CO UR T O F AP PE ALS FO R THE SEVENTH DI STRI CT OF TEXAS

AT AMAR I LLO PA NE L A JANU AR Y 14, 20 09

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ JAM ES MI L TO N ROBERTS, APPEL L ANT

V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPEL L EE

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ F R O M T H E 410T H DIS T R ICT CO U R T O F MO N T G O ME R Y CO U N T Y; N O. 0 7 - 0 7 - 0 7 6 4 9 - C R ; H ON OR A B L E K
. M I C H A E L M AY E S , J U D GE

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ Before QU I NN , C. J. , an d HANC O CK an d PI RT LE, JJ
. A BAT EMENTA ND REM A ND F ol l ow i ng a pl ea of not gui l ty , A ppel l ant, Jam es Mil ton R oberts, w as convi cted by a j ury of tw o s epa r at e c oun t s o f ag grav at ed sex ual ass aul t . After pl ead i ng t r ue t o t he enh anc em ent paragraph s, Appe l l antw as sen t en ce d as a hab i t ual se xoffe nde ran d pun i shm entw as asses sed by the tr i al court at conf i nem ent for l i fe. N otw i thstandi ng that the appell a te re c o rd and br i efs hav e b een fi l ed, i tha s c om e t o t hi s Cou rt ’ s a tt en tion tha tbo t h T r ia l C o u r t ’s C e rtific a tio n sof

D e fe n da n t’

sR igh t o f A pp e a l si gne d o n Sep t em ber 4, 200 7, con t ai ned i n t heT he proper form for C e rtific a tio n of D e fe n da n t’

sR igh t o f A pp e a l a p p e a rs in A p p e n d ix 1 D t o t he 200 8 Tex as Rul es of App el l at e Proce dure. 

### 2 c ler k ’s re c o rd do no t c o m p ly wi th R u le 2 5 .2 (d ) o f th e T e xa s R u les ofA p p e llat e P ro c e d u re . R u le 25. 2( d) w as am end ed effe ctive S ep tem ber 1, 20 07, t o requ i r e t hata defe nda ntsi gn t he c e rt if ic a tio n an d re c e ive a c o p y. A d d itio n a lly, th e am e n d e d f o r m p ro vid e s ce rt a in adm oni shm ent s t o a de fend antno tprev i ous l yrequ i r ed. 1 Al t hou gh sen t enc e w as i m pos ed on Augus t8, 20 07, t he cert i fication f orm s w ere n ot s ign e d un til S e p te m b e r 4 , 2 0 0 7 , a n d pr o c e d u ra l ru les ge n e ra lly co n tr o l l itig a tio n f ro m th e ir effecti ve date. W

i lson v. State , 4 7 3 S .W .2 d 5 3 2 , 5 3 5 (T e x.C rim .A p p . 1 9 7 1 ). C onsequ ently , we aba t e t hi s a ppe al an d rem and t hi s c aus e to t he t r ia l cou rt for furt her proce edi ngs . Upon rem and , the t rial courtsha ll util iz e whatever m eans neces sary t o secure a proper Cer t if ic at io n o f D efendant’

s Right of A ppeal in co m pl ia nce w it h Rul e 25 .2(d ) for ea ch sep arat e c oun t . Once properly com pleted and executed, the cert ifications shall be included in a supplem ental cl erk’s record. SeeTex. R
. A pp. P. 34.5( c )( 2 ). T h e t rial courtshall cause t he supplem ental cl erk's record t o be filed wi th t he Clerk of this Court by March 16, 2009
. This order constit utes noti ce to al l part ie s, pu rsua ntt o Rul e 3 7. 1 o f t he Tex as Rule s o f Appe ll at e Proce dure, of t he defe ct iv e certi ficat ions. If a supplem ental cl erk’s record containing proper cert ifications is not filed in accordanc e wit h thi s order, t his m atter wil l be referred t o the C ourt for dis m is s a l. See T e x. R. A pp. P. 25.2( d). I ti s s o o rdered. Per Cur ia m Do no tpu bl is h.