John Kenneth Weekley v. State

Affirm and Opinion Filed August 14, 2015 S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-00037-CR JOHN KENNETH WEEKLEY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 1 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F09-55995-H MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Myers and Brown Opinion by Chief Justice Wright John Weekley was convicted of robbery. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at twenty-five years’ imprisonment. This Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. Weekley v. State, No. 05-10-01107-CR, 2013 WL 2316612 (Tex. App.––Dallas May 28, 2013, pet. ref’d) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Appellant filed a pro se motion for post-conviction DNA testing, which was denied by the trial court. On June 9, 2015, the Court ordered appellant, who is representing himself on appeal, to file his brief by July 20, 2015. We warned that failure to do so would result in submission of the appeal without briefs and without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b); Lott v. State, 874 S.W.2d 687 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994). To date, appellant has not filed a brief. Absent briefs, no issues are before us. Finding no fundamental error, we affirm the trial court’s order denying appellant’s motion for post-conviction DNA testing. /Carolyn Wright/ CAROLYN WRIGHT Do Not Publish CHIEF JUSTICE TEX. R. APP. P. 47 150037F.U05 –2– S Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT JOHN KENNETH WEEKLEY, Appellant On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 1, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-15-00037-CR V. Trial Court Cause No. F09-55995-H. Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Wright, THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Justices Myers and Brown participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we AFFIRM the trial court’s order denying appellant’s motion for post-conviction DNA testing. Judgment entered August 14, 2015. –3–