Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-21 13:09:34.409998+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                   San Antonio, Texas
                                        February 16, 2023

                                       No. 04-23-00080-CR

                                        Steven ROBLES,
                                            Appellant

                                                 v.

                                      The STATE of Texas,
                                            Appellee

                  From the 175th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2015CR1302
                         Honorable Mary D. Roman, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER

       On January 24, 2023, Appellant Steven Robles filed a handwritten notice of appeal from
his conviction and sentence in trial court cause number 2015-CR-1307. The notice states that
Appellant was sentenced on January 13, 2023, but there is no documentation in the clerk’s record
to support that assertion.
       The clerk’s record shows that Appellant was sentenced to two years in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice after his community supervision was revoked on June 1, 2020.
The trial court clerk’s certificate of appeal shows that David L. McLane was appointed to
represent Appellant in his appeal from the judgment, but it is not clear that Mr. McLane still
represents Appellant, since Appellant’s notice of appeal to appeal the trial court’s June 1, 2020
judgment was due July 1, 2020. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). Under the current appellate
cause number, 04-23-00080-CR, this court has only received appellate documents from Robles
in January 2023.
         To invoke this court’s appellate jurisdiction, a timely notice of appeal is required. Olivo
v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Absent a timely motion for new trial, a
defendant’s notice of appeal is timely filed if it is filed within thirty days after (1) the day
sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or (2) the day the trial court enters an appealable
order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2; Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522. Based on the current clerk’s record
for trial court cause number 2015-CR-1307, the most recent appealable trial court judgment was
signed on June 1, 2020, for which Robles’s January 24, 2023 notice of appeal is untimely and
ineffective to invoke this court’s jurisdiction.
       We order Appellant to show cause in writing within thirty days of the date of this order
why this appeal should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522.
       All other deadlines in this appeal are suspended pending further order of this court.
       If Appellant fails to respond, this appeal will be dismissed without further notice.

                                                    _________________________________
                                                    Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 16th day of February, 2023.

                                                    ___________________________________
                                                    MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court