Court Opinion

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                        ON REHEARING

                                      NO. 03-12-00832-CR

                                    Adam Perkins, Appellant

                                                 v.

                                  The State of Texas, Appellee

      FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
          NO. 61479, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               We withdraw our opinion and judgment dated January 25, 2013 and substitute the

following in its place.

               Perkins pleaded guilty to the felony offense of indecency with a child by

contact, and on June 28, 2008, the trial court sentenced him to twelve years’ imprisonment.1 On

November 19, 2012, Perkins filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s denial of his “application

for writ of habeas corpus.”2 We construe Perkins’s appeal as challenging the denial of his

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         The trial court certified that this is a plea bargain case in which Perkins has no right of
appeal and that Perkins waived the right of appeal.
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          Perkins captioned his request for a free copy of his trial records as an “application for
writ of habeas corpus.” In response, the trial court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law
combined with an order denying all of Perkins’s requested relief.
request for a free trial record for use in preparing a postconviction habeas application. See In re

Black, Nos. 12-12-00048-CR, 12-12-00049-CR, 12-12-00050-CR, 12-12-00051-CR, 2012 Tex. App.

LEXIS 845, at * 1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Jan. 31, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (not designated

for publication).

               The district court’s refusal to provide Perkins with a free copy of his trial record does

not invoke our jurisdiction. See Self v. State, 122 S.W.3d 294, 294-95 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2003,

no pet.); see also Diaz v. State, No. 07-10-00328-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 1985, at *3

(Tex. App.—Amarillo Jan. 21, 2011, pet. ref’d) (mem. op.). We lack jurisdiction to consider an

appeal from an order denying a request for a free copy of the trial record when, as here, such

request is not presented in conjunction with a timely filed direct appeal. See id. (citing Everett

v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.)). Further, even if Perkins had appealed

the trial court’s denial of his “application for habeas corpus,” we lack jurisdiction to grant

postconviction habeas corpus relief from final felony convictions. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann.

art. 11.07 (West Supp. 2012); Ex parte Alexander, 685 S.W.2d 57, 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).

               Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

                                               Jeff Rose, Justice

Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction on Rehearing

Filed: March 27, 2013

Do Not Publish

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