Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-17 08:13:09.949067+00
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-24-00041-CR

       ENRIQUE RAYMON TURNER, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

         On Appeal from the 402nd District Court
                  Wood County, Texas
              Trial Court No. 25,122-2022

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice van Cleef
                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

           A Wood County jury convicted Enrique Raymon Turner of assault. On March 6, 2024,

Turner’s trial counsel filed a notice of appeal with the Wood County District Clerk, designating

that the appeal would be taken to the Twelfth Court of Appeals.                       The district clerk then

forwarded that notice to the Twelfth Court.1                  Subsequently, on March 7, 2024, Turner’s

appointed appellate counsel filed an “amended” notice of appeal, designating that the appeal

would be taken to the Sixth Court of Appeals. The district clerk forwarded that amended notice

to this Court. As a result, both the Twelfth and Sixth Courts opened causes related to Turner’s

direct appeal from his Wood County assault conviction.

           In such a situation, the first-filed notice of appeal controls. Capehart v. State, 257

S.W.3d 814, 815 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2008, no pet.); Cooper v. State, No. 06-08-00199-CR,

2008 WL 11394416 (Tex. App.—Texarkana Nov. 26, 2008, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated

for publication); Wylie v. State, Nos. 12-21-00129-CR & 12-21-00130-CR, 2021 WL 3671328

(Tex. App.—Tyler Aug. 18, 2021, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for

publication). Consequently, the Twelfth Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over Turner’s appeal.

           On March 13, 2024, we sent a letter to Turner’s appointed appellate counsel asking that

she demonstrate to this Court how it had jurisdiction over this appeal. She was advised that, if

we did not receive an adequate response within ten days of the date of that letter, we would have

no choice but to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Counsel did not file a response.

1
    The cause number of Turner’s appeal in the Twelfth Court of Appeals is 12-24-00036-CR.
                                                          2
      Based on the foregoing, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                           Charles van Cleef
                                           Justice

Date Submitted:      April 11, 2024
Date Decided:        April 12, 2024

Do Not Publish

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