Robert Ray Maggard v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 228th District Court of Harris County

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-01-00177-CR
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ROBERT RAY MAGGARD, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 228th Judicial District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court No. 755603
Before Cornelius, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ.
Opinion by Chief Justice Cornelius
O P I N I O N

Robert Ray Maggard pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child. The trial court sentenced him to forty years' imprisonment on December 18, 1997. Maggard did not file a motion for new trial; therefore, his notice of appeal was due by January 20, 1998, or with a proper request for an extension, by February 4, 1998. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1); 26.3. Maggard did not file a notice of appeal.

On August 15, 2001, Maggard filed a motion for out of time appeal in the district court, which was assigned to the First Court of Appeals. The First Court of Appeals docketed the case, but the matter was transferred to this Court pursuant to an order from the Texas Supreme Court.

Because Maggard did not file a timely notice of appeal, we lack jurisdiction. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). (1)

The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

 

William J. Cornelius

Chief Justice

 

Date Submitted: November 8, 2001

Date Decided: November 8, 2001

 

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1. In Olivo, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals noted that the denial of a meaningful appeal because of ineffective assistance of counsel is a proper ground for habeas corpus relief. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 525 n.8 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2001).