TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
ON REHEARING
NO. 03-12-00832-CR
Adam Perkins, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 61479, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
We withdraw our opinion and judgment dated January 25, 2013 and substitute the
following in its place.
Perkins pleaded guilty to the felony offense of indecency with a child by
contact, and on June 28, 2008, the trial court sentenced him to twelve years’ imprisonment.1 On
November 19, 2012, Perkins filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s denial of his “application
for writ of habeas corpus.”2 We construe Perkins’s appeal as challenging the denial of his
1
The trial court certified that this is a plea bargain case in which Perkins has no right of
appeal and that Perkins waived the right of appeal.
2
Perkins captioned his request for a free copy of his trial records as an “application for
writ of habeas corpus.” In response, the trial court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law
combined with an order denying all of Perkins’s requested relief.
request for a free trial record for use in preparing a postconviction habeas application. See In re
Black, Nos. 12-12-00048-CR, 12-12-00049-CR, 12-12-00050-CR, 12-12-00051-CR, 2012 Tex. App.
LEXIS 845, at * 1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Jan. 31, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (not designated
for publication).
The district court’s refusal to provide Perkins with a free copy of his trial record does
not invoke our jurisdiction. See Self v. State, 122 S.W.3d 294, 294-95 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2003,
no pet.); see also Diaz v. State, No. 07-10-00328-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 1985, at *3
(Tex. App.—Amarillo Jan. 21, 2011, pet. ref’d) (mem. op.). We lack jurisdiction to consider an
appeal from an order denying a request for a free copy of the trial record when, as here, such
request is not presented in conjunction with a timely filed direct appeal. See id. (citing Everett
v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.)). Further, even if Perkins had appealed
the trial court’s denial of his “application for habeas corpus,” we lack jurisdiction to grant
postconviction habeas corpus relief from final felony convictions. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann.
art. 11.07 (West Supp. 2012); Ex parte Alexander, 685 S.W.2d 57, 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Jeff Rose, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction on Rehearing
Filed: March 27, 2013
Do Not Publish
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