Court Opinion

ID: 4060618
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Date Created: 2016-09-29 19:52:24.302387+00
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                                              6th COURT OF APPEALS
                                                TEXARKANA, TEXAS
                                              5/1/2015 3:16:55 PM
                                                  DEBBIE AUTREY
                                                      Clerk

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 THE STATE OF TEXAS

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 JONATHAN RAY SHEPHERD                      §

                             FORMAL NOTICE OF APPEAL

 TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

        Now comes the Defendant, Jonathan Ray Shepherd, wljto by and through his

 court appointed appellate attorney, makes and files this his   For~al Notice of Appeal
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        Upon the Defendant's plea of not guilty and subsequent jiliry
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                                                                      trial, the Trial Court
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· sentenced the Defendant after the jury found him guilty of the!. the offense of capital

 murder by kidnapping or attempted kidnapping on Apri121,     2015~ This was a non-death
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 penalty. case and therefore the punishment assessed was as a niatter of law the term of
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 life. without parole in the Institutional Division of the Texas
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 Justice.

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        Sentencing   occurr~d on April 21, 2015. The appellant's ~ttorney for this appeal
 was appointed on April21, 2015.

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                        Notice is hereby given for the appeal of this felony     convi~ion    to the Texas Court

                of Appeals for the    5th   Appellate District at Texarkana, Texas.      'i
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                                                              PRAYER
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                        WHEREFORE, premises considered, Defendant prays th~t this Notice of Appeal
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                be filed and acted upon as required by Texas law.

                                                               Respectfully Submitted,

                                                               Dwight A. Brannon
                                                               Attorney at Law
                                                               P.O. Box 670
                                                               Gilmer, Texas 75644
                                                               Phone: 903-843-2523
                                                               Fax: 903-843-6014
                                                               State Bar No. 02894500

                                                               APPELLATE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT

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                            CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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      A true and correct copy of the above Notice of Appeal was hand delivered to the
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office of the Criminal District Attorney of Upshur County, Texts at 405 NoCh Titus

Street, Gilmer, Texas, and to the Defendant by letter on   thi~ the   ;}.   t   day of

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         CERTIFICATE TO BE FILED WITH NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

                        TRIAL COURT NO.           16,605

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JO.NATHAN RAY SHEPHERD                        *      IN THE 115TH DISTRICT CO,URT
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THE STATE OF TEXAS                            *       UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS!

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The Record of my office reflect the following information in this case:       I
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DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF: Capital Murder by Kidnapping or           Attempte~ Kidnapping
PUNISHMENT ASSESSED: Life without Parole Institutional Division TDCJ          I
WAS THIS A REVOCATION OF PROBATION? _ _ _ _ YES                   ___.x_I_No
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DEFENDANT IS: IN JAIL          X_ _ __ OUT ON BOND _ _ _ _ OUT ON
PROBATION _ _ __
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IF ON BOND, GIVE AMOUNT:$ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DATE BOND WAS POSTED:--------

SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE 21st DAY OF April, 2015.                              I
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IF NO SENTENCE, ORDER APPEALED FROM WAS SIGNED ON: _ _ DAY OF-'-'_ _ _ __, _ __

WRITIEN NOTICE OF APPEAL WAS FILED ON: 21st DAY OF April, 2015.
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MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL FILED __X__ NO                        YES, IF YES, DATE FILED _ _ _ _ _ __
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***   IF MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL WAS FILED AFTER NOTICE OF APPEAL, PLEASE GIVE WRITIEN NOTICE TO
THE COUT OF APPEAL IMMEDIATELY.

PRESIDING TRIAL COURT JUDGE: Lauren Parish

TRIAL COURT REPORTER: Deanna Drennan

ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 1052, GILMER, TEXAS 75644
WAS DEFENDANT DECLARED INDIGENT? _ _X_ _ _ _ YES ----+----NO

DEFENDANT'S COUNSEL IS: RETAINED _ _ _ _ _ APPOINTED __X_,____ PROSE _ _ __

DEFENDANT IS REPRESENTED ON APPEAL BY:

ATIORNEY'S NAME: Dwight Brannon

BAR CODE NUMBER 02894500

ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 670, Gilmer, Texas 75644

STATE IS REPRESENTED ON APPEAL BY:

ATIORNEY'S NAME: Billy W. Byrd

BAR CODE NUMBER 24034354

ADDRESS: 405 N. Titus, Gilmer, Texas 75644

IF TWO OR MORE CASES WERE TRIED TOGETHER, LIST CASE NUMBERS ONLY: I

IF COMPANION CASE, LIST DOCKET NUMBER AND DEFENDANT'S NAME:

****SEND SEPARATE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH CASE APPEALED

DATED THE 1st DAY OF May, 2015.

KAREN BUNN, DISTRICT CLERK

BY: MELISSA CHEVALIER, DEPUTY CLERK