Court Opinion

ID: 9768326
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:55:59.484811+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:02:43.164172
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MILLER, Judge,
concurring.
The holding of the majority is, in essence, that in the absence of express statutory authority the trial court cannot “deny” an appeal. Homan v. Hughes, 708 S.W.2d 449 (Tex.Cr.App.1986). I am concerned that the parties may not realize that the question of appellant’s waiver of his right to appeal may be contested in the Court of Appeals before they receive the entire record.
In my view, the State may file a motion to dismiss the appeal in the Court of Appeals bringing up only that portion of the testimony and statement of facts germane to the question of appellant’s waiver. See Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure, especially R. 72.
The important holding in this case is that this is a question for the Court of Appeals to decide, not the trial judge. With these remarks I join the majority opinion.