Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-09 00:11:21.441605+00
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NO. 07-09-0077-CR
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                           IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                     FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                   AT AMARILLO

                                      PANEL D

                                  MARCH 13, 2009

                        ______________________________

                              SYDNEY LYNN WEEKS,
                                                           Appellant

                                          v.

                              THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                           Appellee

                      _________________________________

           FROM THE 46TH DISTRICT COURT OF HARDEMAN COUNTY;

         NOS. 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091; HON. DAN MIKE BIRD, PRESIDING

                       _______________________________

                           On Abatement and Remand
                       _______________________________

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.

      Pending before the court are the appeals of Sydney Lynn Weeks. The clerk’s

record in each case was filed on March 5, 2009. Contained therein is the Trial Court’s

Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal, which was executed on February 17, 2009,

after amendments to Rule 25.2(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure became
effective on September 1, 2007. The form on file does not comply with the amendments to

the rule, which now require that a defendant sign the certification and receive a copy.

Additionally, the new form provides certain admonishments to a defendant not previously

required.1

        Procedural rules generally control litigation from their effective date. Wilson v. State,

473 S.W .2d 532, 535 (Tex.Crim.App. 1971). Consequently, we abate these appeals and

remand the causes to the trial court for further proceedings. Upon remand, the trial court

shall utilize whatever means necessary to determine if appellant desires to continue the

appeals and, if so, secure a proper Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal in

compliance with Rule 25.2(d). Once properly completed and executed, the certification shall

be included in a supplemental clerk’s record for each case. See TEX. R. A PP. P. 34.5(c)(2).

The trial court shall cause these supplemental clerk's records to be filed with the Clerk of this

Court by April 13, 2009. This order constitutes notice to all parties, pursuant to Rule 37.1 of

the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, of the defective certification. If supplemental clerk’s

records containing a proper certification are not filed in accordance with this order, these

matters will be referred to the Court for dismissal. See T EX. R. A PP. P. 25.2(d).

        It is so ordered.

                                                    Per Curiam

Do not publish.

        1
         The proper form for Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal is contained in Appendix D to the 2008
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

                                                        2