Court Opinion

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Opinion issued October 4, 2012

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                    For The

                         First District of Texas
                           ————————————
                              NO. 01-12-00827-CR
                           ———————————
                    FRANKLIN CARL JONES, Appellant
                                       V.
                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 185th District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 977894

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Franklin Carl Jones, was convicted of the felony offense of

aggravated robbery. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03 (West 2011). We

affirmed the trial court’s judgment in an unpublished opinion. See Jones v. State,

No. 01-04-00236-CR, 2005 WL 497323 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] March 3,
2005, no pet.) (not designated for publication). Our mandate issued on June 29,

2005. On July 2, 2012,1 Jones appealed the trial court’s May 17, 2012 order

denying his “Motion for Imcompetency [sic] Hearing,” in which Jones requested

“that the Court set aside the Judgment [sic] of Conviction [sic] entered in this

cause and ORDER A NEW TRIAL [sic] on the merits.”

      We lack jurisdiction over this attempted appeal. As an initial matter, we

cannot exercise jurisdiction over an appeal unless a notice of appeal is filed in

compliance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26. See TEX. R. APP. P.

26.2(a); Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v.

State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Here, the only notice of

appeal that appears in the record was filed-stamped on July 2, 2012—14 days after

the deadline for filing a notice of appeal from the order denying Jones’s motion.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.1(a), 26.2(a). Because the notice of appeal was untimely, we

have no basis for jurisdiction over this appeal. See Slaton, 981 S.W.2d at 210;

Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 523.

      Further, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final

post-conviction felony proceedings, which are governed by Article 11.07 of the

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      Jones’s notice of appeal was dated June 27, 2012, postmarked June 28, 2012, and
      file-stamped July 2, 2012. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.2(b); Campbell v. State, 320
S.W.3d 338, 344 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010). Jones included a cover letter with the
      notice, stating that he had previously filed a notice of appeal using “the wrong
      statutes” and was therefore filing a “second Notice of Appeal.” The record,
      however, contains only the notice of appeal dated June 27, 2012.
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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07

(West Supp. 2011); Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 525 n.8; Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex

rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist., 901 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim.

App. 1995); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]

2001, orig. proceeding).    “Courts of appeals have no jurisdiction over post-

conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. Article 11.07 contains no role

for the courts of appeals.” In re Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196 (Tex. App.—

Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding) (internal citations omitted). Because

Jones’s conviction for the felony offense of aggravated robbery became final on

June 29, 2005, we have no jurisdiction over this appeal.

      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(f). We

dismiss any pending motions as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Sharp.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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