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## iTtftlfEtsirtri ofGkxas ai lallas JUDGMENT TOMMY LOUIS SCOTT, Appellant No. 05-91-01757-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas. (Tr.Ct.No. F91-33568-UI). Opinion delivered by Justice James, Justices Lagarde and Whittington participating. 

### Based on the Court's opinion of this date, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED. Judgment entered January 24, 1997.S&sls>Sr:*«<',*??^S^

AFFIRM and Opinion Filed January 24, 1997

In The 

### GLaurt at Appeals ITtf ty BxzMcl at Gkxas ai lallas No. 05-91-01757-CR TOMMY LOUIS SCOTT, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F91-33568-UI OPINION Before Justices Lagarde, Whittington, and James Opinion By Justice James 

### Appellant Tommy Louis Scott appeals his conviction for burglary of avehicle. On April 17, 1991, appellant entered aguilty plea and the trial court deferred an adjudication 

### ofguilt and placed appellant on four years' probation with a$750 fine. On November 1, 1991, the trial court granted the State's motion to proceed to an adjudication ofguilt, 

### accepted appellant's plea oftrue, and sentenced appellant to ten years' confinement witha $750 fine. In his sole point of error, appellant contends he is entitled to a reversal and remand for a judgment of acquittal or to a new trial because the official reporter lost or destroyed the notes and records from the April 17, 1991 hearing through no fault on his part. Because appellant did not make a timely request to the official reporter to prepare the statement of facts, we affirm the trial court's judgment. According to Texas Rule ofAppellate Procedure 50(e): When the record or any portion thereof is lost or destroyed it may be substituted in the trial court and when so substituted the record may be prepared and transmitted to the appellate court as in other cases. If the appellant has made a timely request for a statement of facts, but the court reporter's notes and records have been lost or destroyed without appellant's fault, the appellant is entitled to a new trial unless the parties agree on a statement of facts. 

### Tex. R. App. P. 50(e). For appellant to prevail under Rule 50(e), he must show he made 

### atimely request to the court reporter for the statement offacts and the court reporter has 

### lost ordestroyed thenotes through nofault onappellant's part. Culton v. State, 852 S.W.2d 512, 514 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993). A "timelyrequest" under Rule 50(e) is awritten request 

### to theofficial court reporter at or near thetime appellant perfected his appeal. Id. Atall 

### times, appellanthas the burden toestablish he has been deprived ofthe statement offacts. See Stewart v. State, 856 S.W.2d 567, 572 (Tex. App.-Beaumont 1993, no pet.). 

### OnNovember 1, 1991, thetrial court granted the State'smotion for anadjudication 

### ofguiltandassessedapunishmentoftenyears' confinementand a$750fine. Appellanthad

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### thirty days inwhich to perfect his appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 41(b)(1). On November 15, 1991, appellant filed a document with the trial court entitled Defendant's Notice of Appeal, 

### Proof ofIndigency, & Designation ofRecord. In this document, appellant asks the trial judge to order the court clerk and the court reporter to prepare a statement of facts reflecting all the evidence presented in the case. This document does not include a certificate ofservice or anyindication that appellant sent a copy to the official reporter. According to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 53(a): The appellant, at or before the time prescribed for perfecting the appeal, shall make a written request to the officialreporter designating the portion of the evidence and other proceedings to be included therein. Tex. R. App. P. 53(a). The document appellant filed with the trial court is the only document in the transcript reflecting any type ofrequest to the officialreporter to prepare the statement of facts. The broad request included in the document does not constitute a 

### "timely request" as prescribed by Rule 53(a) because it is not a written request to the 

### official reporter. Culton, 852 S.W.2d at515; Broxton v. State, 909 S.W.2d 912, 914 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995). If appellant made a proper and timely request to the court reporter, there is no such letter or motion in the transcript appellant filed with this Court. See Broxton, 909 S.W.2d at 914. Because appellant failed to make a timely request to the official reporter, we overrule his point of error.

-3-For the reasons set forth above, we affirm the trial court's judgment.

Lagarde, J., concurring opinion Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 90 911757F.U05

-4-Opinion Filed January 24, 1997

In The 

### (£aurt at Appeals Witttf iBtstrtri of Qkxas at Sallas No. 05-91-01757-CR TOMMY LOUIS SCOTT, Appellant

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F91-33568-UI CONCURRING OPINION Before Justices Lagarde, Whittington, and James Opinion By Justice Lagarde I concur in the result only.

Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 90 911757CF.U05 SUE^AGARDE JUSTICE t^Ub^S