CHRIS DANIEL 

HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK 

February 9, 2015 

HONORABLE SUSAN BROWN 

185TH DISTRICT COURT 

HARRIS COUNTY 

HOUSTON, TX 

Defendant's Name: ·CANDANCE NICOLE MAXIE 

Cause No: 1421350 

Court: 185TH DISTRICT COURT 

Please note the following appeal updates on the above mentioned cause: 

Notice of Appeal Filed Date: 2/3115 

Sentence Imposed Date: 4/21114 

Court of Appeals Assignment: First Court of Appeals 

Appeal Attorney of Record: TO BE DETERMINED 

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~{1s- Criminal Post Trial Deputy 

CC: Devon Anderson 

District Attorney 

Appellate Division 

Harris County, Texas 

This is your notice to inform any and all substitute reporters in this cause. 

1201 Franklin P.O. Box 4651 Houston, Texas 77210-4651 

 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/12/2015 10:40:36 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
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NOTICE OF APPEAL 

JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF 

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TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: , 

COMES NOW, ~ C1D~\CA Ct N \ (o\e Y\~o...V.\'f-" Defendant in the above styled and numbered 

cause and, pursuant to rule 40(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, files this Notice of Appeal within the 

reqUired thirty (30) days time period following the day of sentence (or suspension in open Court, or the day that 

an appealable order is signed), to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 

******IF THE DEFENDANT HAS PLED GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE IN THIS CASE, THEN HE/SHE 

MUST STATE AND PROVE THAT HE/SHE HAS BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO APPEAL THE CASE 

BY THE TRIAL COURT***** 

EXAMPLE: The Defendant has been granted permission to appeal this case by the Trial Court through 

the Honorable Judge ___________ on the '-' __ day of ______ , 20 _ . 

****** OR DEFENDANT MUST STATE THAT "THOSE MATTERS WERE RAISED BY WRITTEN MOTION 

BY THE DEFENDANT AND WERE RULED UPON BEFORE THE TRIAL."  

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** ****TWO COPIES OF THIS MOTION MUST BE SENT TO THE COURT****** 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 

DEFENDANT 
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"I, (INSERTNAMEAND INMATE IDENTIFYING NUMBER FROM TEXAS DEPARTME NTOFCORRECTIONS 

OR COUNTY lAID, being presently incarcerated in (INSERT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 

UNIT NAME OR COUNTY JAIL NAME) in Bo..rr\ ~ County, Texas, declare under penalty 

of perjury that the for going is true and correct. 

EXECUTED ON (DATE) OJ /:J...:t-)Q-oIJ 

ORDER 

On this the ----=·6=-___ day of ~ ...J 20 J.5 , came to be heard by me, the Defendant's 

NOTICE OF APPEAL and it appears to this court that this motion should be I GRANTED:_~ ___ _ 

. DENIED: __ "--L-__ ----:~"'_;_ 
Cause No. JLfdl~ 

THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE) ~STRICT COURT 

COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT AT LAW No. 

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 

TRIAL COURT'S CERTIFICATION OF DEFENDANT'S RIGHT OF ApPEAL* 

I, judge of the trial court, certify this criminal case: 

D is not a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has the right of appeal. [or] 

D is a plea-bargain case, but matters were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, and 

not withdrawn or waived, and the defendant has the right of appeal. [or] 

iS plea-bargain case, but the trial court has given permission to appeal, and the defendant has the 

right of appeal. [or] 

I2t' Yo plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal. [or] 

~ the defendant has waived the right of appeal. 

Judge' ~ Date Signed 

I have received a copy of this certification. I have also been infonned of my rights concerning any appeal of 

this criminal case, including any right to file a pro se petition for discretionary review pursuant to Rule 68 of the 

Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. I have been admonished that my attorney must mail a copy of the court of 

appeals's judgment and opinion to my last known address and that I have only 30 days in which to file a pro se 

petition for discretionary review in the Court of Criminal Appeals. TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2 I acknowledge that, if! 

wish to appeal this case and if! am entitled to do so, it is my duty to infonn my appellate attorney, by written 

communication, of any change in the address at which I am currently living or any change in my current prison 

unit. I understand that, because of appellate deadlines, if I fail to timely inform my appellate attorney of any 

change in my address, I may lose the opportunity to file a pro se petition for discretionary eVlew. 

rr endant Defendant's Counsel 

Mailing Address: ----a:Fl---i!!l-L-9::::It-.,e.E ..... _D=---__ ChriS Dante' 

District Clerk 

Fax number (if any): 

State Bar of Texas ill number: L 3d 3f?1'OO 

Mailing Address: m~ l-3'{)ol1 

Telephonenumber:.2 '5 4:?&J Telephone number: 

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Fax number (if any): 

By ___ --·-ci·.;;r--"'~·~ ." --,._-- * "A defendant in a criminal case has the right of appeal under these rules. The trial court shall enter a certification of the defendant's 

right to appeal in every case in which it enters a judgment of guilt or other appealable order. In a plea bargain case-that is, a case in 

which a defendant's plea was guilty or nolo contendere and the punishment did not exceed the punishment recommended by the 

prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant - a defendant may appeal only: (A) those matters that were raised by a written motion filed 

and ruled on before trial, or (B) after getting the trial court's pennission to appeal." TEXAS RULES OF ApPELLATE PROCEDURE 

25.2(a)(2). 

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Date Notice tf--~ 1-14 

Of Appeal: ___ bt_: _( ~_",-ll_S ____ _ 

Presentation: Vol. __ Pg. __ 

Judgment: Vol. __ Pg. __ 

Judge Presiding O~cSA.,.J ~ ULC5W ~ Court Reporter __ KJ----LI_II:::. _______ _ 

Court Reporter __________ _ 

Court Reporter __________ _ 

Attorney 

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Attorney •. \ I 

on Appeal ____________ IN ~ _ 

Appointed Hired, ___ _ 

Offense ~ + - ~rD ~ ~ 

Jury Trial: Yes No ~ 

Punishment 

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Companion Cases J) 

(If Known) _ A 

Amount of 

Appeal Bond ___ tJ_LII:....L...A _____ _ 

Appellant 

Confined: 

Date Submitted 

Yes ___ No 'A 

To Appeal Section_' __ """""""'-=..;;......:,,"--___ _ 

Deputy Clerk, ___ =--IL-===::........_----:--i~:4 

Notice of Appeal Card R.:v, 9i84