Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-10 04:45:51.724803+00
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IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

 

Nos. 10-05-00161-CR, 10-05-00162-CR
& 10-05-00163-CR
 
Otis Gene Garrett,
                                                                      Appellant
 v.
 
The State of Texas,
                                                                      Appellee
 
 
 

From the Criminal District Court
No. 2
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 0905526D,
0913133D & 0914668D
 

MEMORANDUM  Opinion

 

          Otis Gene Garrett pleaded guilty
without the benefit of a plea bargain to two charges of aggravated sexual
assault of a child and one charge of possession of child pornography.  The
court sentenced Garrett to sixty years’ imprisonment on each of the aggravated
sexual assault charges and ten years’ imprisonment on the child pornography
charge.  Garrett contends in his sole point that the court abused its
discretion by allowing his motion for new trial in each case to be overruled by
operation of law.  We will affirm.
          The court imposed sentence on February
25, 2005.  Twenty days later, Garrett’s counsel filed in each case a motion to
detain Garrett at the county jail (i.e., to not transfer Garrett to
prison) until a hearing was held on Garrett’s anticipated motion for new trial
or until the deadline for filing such a motion had passed.  The court did not
rule on the motions to detain.  Garrett filed his motions for new trial on
March 23.  These motions were overruled by operation of law.  See Tex. R. App. P. 21.8.
There is nothing in the record to indicate that
Garrett presented the motions for new trial to the court.  Thus, he has not
preserved his complaint for appellate review.  See Rozell v. State, 176
S.W.3d 228, 230-31 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); Cozzi v. State, 160 S.W.3d 638,
640-41 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2005, pet. ref’d).  Accordingly, we overrule his
sole point and affirm the judgments.
 
FELIPE REYNA
Justice
Before Chief Justice
Gray,
Justice
Vance, and
Justice
Reyna
Affirmed
Opinion delivered and
filed March 15, 2006
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