IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-14-00326-CV
RONNIE ANDERSON,
Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
Appellee
From the 12th District Court
Walker County, Texas
Trial Court No. 26514
DISSENTING OPINION
I respectfully dissent to the majority’s dismissal of this appeal without affording
the appellant an opportunity to cure the Chapter 14 deficiency. See Ex parte N.C., ---
S.W.3d ---, --- n.1, 2015 WL 525150, at *3 n.1 (Tex. App.—Waco Jan. 22, 2015, no pet. h.)
(Davis, J., dissenting).
I believe that the correct practice is to notify the appellant of the section 14.004
deficiency and allow the appellant an opportunity to cure the deficiency before
dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3; Higgins v. Randall County Sheriff's Office, 193 S.W.3d
898 (Tex. 2006); Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 616-17 (Tex. 1997).
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Delivered and filed March 19, 2015
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