Daniel Clark v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 40th District Court of Ellis County
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TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-03-00268-CR
DANIEL CLARK,
Appellant
v.
The State of Texas,
Appellee
From the 40th District Court
Ellis County, Texas
Trial Court # 26874CR
MEMORANDUM Opinion
A jury convicted Appellant Daniel Clark of murder, and the trial court sentenced him to life in prison. After being fully admonished, Clark represented himself in the trial court, and he continues his pro se representation in this appeal.
Clark s brief was originally due on October 13, 2003, and he was granted an extension until December 10, 2003. When Clark s brief was not filed, we abated this appeal for a hearing in the trial court for a determination of why Clark had failed to file his brief and whether prison officials were denying Clark reasonable access to the appellate record.
After the trial court hearing, we entered an order on September 15, 2004 giving Clark sixty days to file his brief and notifying him that if he failed to timely file his brief, we would decide his appeal without briefs, reviewing the record only for fundamental error.
Clark has not filed his brief. We and the trial court have made every effort to protect Clark s rights. See Carroll v. State, 75 S.W.3d 633, 634 (Tex. App. Waco 2002, no pet.). We will thus submit this appeal without briefs and review the record for fundamental error. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(4); Lott v. State, 874 S.W.2d 687, 687-88 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994 ); Carroll, 75 S.W.3d at 634.
Our review of the record discloses no unassigned fundamental error. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court s judgment.
BILL VANCE
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Vance, and
Justice Reyna
Affirmed
Opinion delivered and filed April 20, 2005
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