NO. 07-06-0482-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT AMARILLO
PANEL A
JANUARY 30, 2007
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MIRIAM JENNETTE GRANADOS, APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
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FROM THE 242ND DISTRICT COURT OF HALE COUNTY;
NO. B16346-0515; HONORABLE ED SELF, JUDGE
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Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
ABATEMENT AND REMAND
Following an open plea of guilty, Appellant Miriam Jennette Granados was convicted
of driving while intoxicated. Electing to have the jury assess punishment, Appellant was
sentenced to 180 days confinement and a $2,000 fine. The clerk’s record was filed on
January 22, 2007, and the reporter’s record has yet to be filed.1
The trial court’s Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal contained in the clerk’s
record reflects “the defendant waived the right of appeal.” After a careful examination of
the clerk’s record, this Court determined there is no written waiver by Appellant of the right
of appeal. An inquiry by the appellate court clerk to the trial court clerk confirmed that no
written waiver exists. We now abate the appeal and remand the cause for an amended
certification.
Upon remand, the trial court shall execute an amended certification correctly
reflecting whether Appellant has the right of appeal. See generally Dears v. State, 154
S.W.3d 610, 614 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005) (concluding that an appellate court has the ability
to examine a certification for defectiveness and obtain another when appropriate). The
amended certification is to be included in a supplemental clerk’s record to be filed with the
clerk of this Court on or before March 2, 2007.
It is so ordered.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
1
The due date for the reporter’s record is suspended by this abatement. The
reporter’s record will be due thirty days after reinstatement.
2