NO. 07-08 -010 8-CR IN THE CO UR T OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL A MA RC H 20, 2 008

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___ CARL PINNER, APP ELL ANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 15 4 T H DI ST RI CT COU RT OF L AM B CO UNT Y; NO . 374 8; H ON ORABLE FEL IX KLEI N, JU DG E

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____ Before CAMPBE LL a nd HANCOCK an d PIRT LE, JJ.
A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND
Fol low ing a pl ea of not g uil ty , app ell ant C ar l Pi nner w as conv icted by ju ryof ag g ra v ated sex ual assaul t and sentenc ed to life impri sonment

. W hil e orall y announ ci ng int ent t o appea l, appel lan t’ s t ri al couns el faile d to ti mely fil e a w ri tten noti ce of appeal on appel lan t’ s b ehal f pri or

to w it hdraw ing from represent ati on. On appel lan t’ s a ppl ic ati on for
w ri t of habeas co rp us, the Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appeal s g ra nted him the oppor tuni ty to fil e an o u t- o f-t ime appeal

. Ex parte Carl Pinn er, N o. A P- 75, 8 02 ( Tex .C ri m.App. Dec ember 5,Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 25.2(d) w as amended, effect iv e Sept ember 1 1, 20 07, t o req uire tha t t he defendant si g n the cert ific ati on and re cei v e a copy . By si g nin g the a me nde d certif ication , an app ellanta lso ackno w ledges he has bee n ad v ised of certain rig hts con cerning app eal. T h e C our

t of C ri minal Appea ls ’ opi nio n g ra nti ng appel lan t hab eas cor pus re li ef 2 cont ain s l ang uag e v er

y si mil ar to that q uoted from the Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appea ls ’ habeas cor pus opi nio n i n Odneal , 161 S.W .3d at 694. In appel lan t’ s cas e, the Cou rt of Cr imi nal Appeal s s aid , “ [Appel lan t] is ordered retur ned to that time at w hic h he mayg iv e a w ri tten not ice of app eal so th at he may then , w ith the aid of coun sel, ob tain a mea ningf ul app eal. A l l t i me l i mi t s s h a l l b e c a l c u l a t e d a s i f t h e s e n t e n c e h a d b e e n i mp o s e d o n t h e d a te on w hic h the mandate of thi s C our t i ss ues. W e hol d tha t, shoul d [ap p e lla nt] desi re to prosec ute an appeal, he must take aff ir mati v e s teps to file a w ri tten noti ce of appeal i n the tr ial co urt w it hin 30 d ay s a fter t he mandat e of thi s C our t i ss ues. ” 2 200 7) (per curiam) (not d esignate d for pub lication). App ellantthen timely filed his notice of appeal

. The cl er k’ s record fil ed on Ma rc h 10, 2008 cont ain s the Tr ial C our t’ s C erti ficat ion of Defendant ’s R ig ht of Appe al. The cer ti ficat ion for m, how ev er , i s n ot s ig ned by appel lan t
as re q uired by

Tex as Rul e of A ppel lat e Procedu re 25.2( d) , nor does it cont ain the re q uired admoni ti ons of appell ant’ s r ig hts

. The t ri al cour t c erti ficat ion i s req uire d e ven w hen t he 1 Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appeal s g ra nts an out- of-ti me appeal

. Odneal v. Sta te, 161 S.W .3d 6 92, 694 ( Tex .App. –Beaumont2005, pet. ref’d) ( v iew in g the C our t’ s h abeas co rp us re li ef as “t ur nin g the c lo ckb a ck ” to t he day of conv icti on, a nd prov idi ng appel lan t t he oppo rt uni ty to t imel y fil e not ic e of

a p p e a l, “ at w hic h poi nt t he req uirements of the R ule s o f Appell ate Proced ure com e into ef fect”). 2
Co n se que n tl y , w e abat e thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca use to t he tr ial co urt for further proceed ing s. On re mand, t he tr ial co urt shal l uti li z e w hatev er means nec ess ar

y to
sec ure a C erti ficat ion of Defendant ’s R ig ht o f Appeal in compl ian ce w it h Tex as Rul e of3

Appel lat e Procedu re 25.2 (d ), as present ly i n effect

. This ac ti on i s t o be tak en not l ater than Apr il 21, 2008. Onc e proper ly ex ecut ed, t he c erti ficat ion sh all be i n cl uded i n a suppl emental cl er k’ s record and filed w it h thi s C our t on or before Ma y

1, 2008.
It is so ordered.

Per C ur iam

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