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02-12-517-CR

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
 
NO. 02-12-00517-CR
 
 

Ex
  parte Dwight Ervine Brown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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From the 158th District
  Court
 
of
  Denton County (F-90-579-B)
 
December
  21, 2012
 
Per
  Curiam
 
(nfp)

 
JUDGMENT
          This
court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that the
appeal should be dismissed.  It is ordered that the appeal is dismissed for
want of jurisdiction.
 
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
PER CURIAM
 
 

 

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
 
NO. 02-12-00515-CR
NO. 02-12-00516-CR
NO. 02-12-00517-CR
NO. 02-12-00518-CR
 
 

Ex parte Dwight Ervine Brown

 

 

 
 
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FROM THE 158th
District Court OF Denton COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM
OPINION[1]
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          Appellant
Dwight Ervine Brown pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea bargain to the felony
offenses of burglary of a habitation, aggravated robbery, and two counts of aggravated
sexual assault.  He subsequently filed an application for writ of habeas corpus
in the trial court “seeking to obtain a copy of his complete trial records without
cost.”  The district clerk returned the application to Brown because it did not
comply with rule of appellate procedure 73.1.  See Tex. R. App. P. 73.1
(requiring use of specific form for application for post-conviction habeas
corpus relief from felony case).  In his notice of appeal, Brown stated that he
considered the application denied by operation of law.
          As
one of our sister courts recently observed,
          This court has jurisdiction over criminal
appeals only when expressly granted by law.  No statute vests this court with
jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a request for a free copy of
the trial record when such a request is not presented in conjunction with a
timely filed direct appeal.  Furthermore, an intermediate court of appeals has
no jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases.
Williamson
v. State, Nos. 10-12-00146-CR, 10-12-00147-CR, 10-12-00148-CR,
10-12-00149-CR, 2012 WL 2353684, at *1 (Tex. App.—Waco June 13, 2012, no
pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (citations omitted).
          On
October 29, 2012, we notified Brown of our concern that this court lacked
jurisdiction over these appeals, and we informed him that unless he or any
party desiring to continue the appeals filed with the court, on or before
November 19, 2012, a response showing grounds for continuing the appeals,
the appeals would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R.
App. P. 44.3.  We have received no response.  Accordingly, we dismiss these
appeals for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).
 
 
PER CURIAM
 
PANEL: 
MEIER, J.;
LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and GABRIEL, J.
 
DO
NOT PUBLISH
Tex.
R. App. P. 47.2(b)
 
DELIVERED:  December 21, 2012

[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.