Court Opinion

ID: 5099440
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 20:16:51.630639+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:58.083906
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Motion for Further Rehearing
Appellant now moves for a second rehearing. After a motion for rehearing is decided, a further motion for rehearing may be filed within 15 days of the court’s action if the court:
(a) modifies its judgment;
(b) vacates its judgment and renders a
new judgment; or
(c) issues an opinion in overruling a motion for rehearing.
Tex.R.App.P. 49.5. Because our plenary power has expired, we do not have jurisdiction to vacate or modify our judgment. See Tex.R.App.P. 19.3. Moreover, we denied appellant’s first motion for rehearing without opinion. Even if appellant’s further motion for rehearing were timely, rule 49.5 does not apply because we did not modify the judgment, vacate the judgment, or issue a new opinion in overruling the motion. See Tex.R.App.P. 49.5.
Appellant’s motion for further rehearing is denied.
*27Motion to Recall Mandate
The mandate in this case issued on November 8, 1999. Appellant now moves to recall the mandate. See Tex.R.App.P. 18.7.
Appellant’s petition for discretionary review was due on August 18, 1999, or 30 days after the motion for rehearing was denied. See Tex.R.App.P. 68.2(a). Appellant has provided us with an affidavit that he missed that deadline because he did not get notice of the ruling on his motion for rehearing. Appellant now requests that he be granted leave to proceed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, even though the deadline has since passed.
Appellant’ motion is made necessary because of an administrative error. It now appears to this Court that the notice overruling appellant’s motion for rehearing was never sent out to appellant or to the State.
We do not have authority to grant appellant additional time to file a petition for discretionary review. The Court of Criminal Appeals, not this Court, may enlarge the time for filing a petition for discretionary review. Tex.R.App.P. 68.2(c). Consequently, the Court of Criminal Appeals is the proper forum to grant an extension of time. Accordingly, we conditionally grant the motion to recall our mandate. See Herrin v. State, 668 S.W.2d 896, 897 (Tex. App. — Dallas 1984, no pet.) (granting motion to recall mandate because appellant did not receive notice of opinion of court of appeals); Tex.R.App.P. 19.3(b).
The Clerk of this Court is ordered to recall our mandate upon condition that appellant seek appropriate relief in the Court of Criminal Appeals not later than 20 days from the date of this order.
It is so ORDERED.