Court Opinion

ID: 9776451
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:36:13.229683+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:38.946846
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
Appellant’s contention is that Articles 36.14 and 36.15, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., as applied in his case are unconstitutional, because he had an agreement with the State that his objections to the charge, though orally made, might be considered as having been properly made in writing. We are not here concerned or bound by any agreement which may have been made by the prosecutor during the course of the trial. We are here called upon to pass on the question of whether the statutes mentioned as construed by this Court constitute a deprivation of due process. There is no contention that this Court has given consideration to similar contentions raised in other cases. It is apparent from the cases set forth in the original opinion that there has been no discrimination against this appellant. This is merely a rule of procedure enacted by the Legislature which applies to all who appeal their convictions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Berg v. Cranor, 209 F.2d 567, said, “Hence his (appellant’s *464counsel’s) mistake (in not filing a statement of facts in time) is not one of the State of Washington and does not constitute a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment * * ⅜ ”
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Coggins v. O’Brien, 188 F.2d 130, said: “The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is free to regulate the procedure of its courts in accordance with its own conception of policy and fairness, unless in so doing it offends some principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental.”
In United States ex rel. Marelia v. Burke, 101 F.Supp. 615, cert. den. 344 U.S. 868, 73 S.Ct. 110, 97 L.Ed. 673, the United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania said: “The procedure afforded by the law of Pennsylvania gives to defendants a right of appellate review of actions prejudicial to their interests. That procedure assures them full opportunity to be heard before courts of competent jurisdiction and according to established modes of procedure. * * * While the Federal Courts should have no hesitancy in granting relief in cases where defendants have been over-reached or have been convicted in trials devoid of the essential elements of fairness, nevertheless, they should hesitate to interfere with fair and reasonable procedural requirements under State law.”
The remaining contentions presented in the motion for rehearing have been considered and are found to be without merit.
Remaining convinced that we properly disposed of this cause originally, appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.