NUMBER 13-15-00136-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
EX PARTE ROSA MARIA CRUCES
On appeal from the 197th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Justices Valdez, Rodriguez, and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Appellant, Ex Parte Rosa Maria Cruces, has filed a notice of appeal with this
Court from his conviction in trial court cause number 2010-CR-2257-C. The trial court’s
certification of the defendant’s right to appeal shows that the defendant does not have
the right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed if a certification showing that a
defendant has a right of appeal is not made a part of the record. TEX. R. APP. P.
25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4.
Within thirty days of this notice, appellant’s lead appellate counsel, Pablo Rocha,
is hereby ORDERED to: 1) review the record; 2) determine whether appellant has a
right to appeal; and 3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings as to whether
appellant has a right to appeal and/or advise this Court as to the existence of any
amended certification.
If appellant’s counsel determines that appellant has a right to appeal, counsel is
further ORDERED to file a motion with this Court within thirty days of this notice,
identifying and explaining substantive reasons why appellant has a right to appeal. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3, 44.4; see also, e.g., Carroll v. State, No. 04-03-00473-CR, 2003
Tex. App. LEXIS 7317 (San Antonio 2003, no pet.) (designated for publication)
(certification form provided in appendix to appellate rules may be modified to reflect that
defendant has right of appeal under circumstances not addressed by the form). The
motion must include an analysis of the applicable case law, and any factual allegations
therein must be true and supported by the record. Cf. Woods v. State, 108 S.W.3d 314,
316 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (construing former appellate rule 25.2(b)(3) and holding that
recitations in the notice of appeal must be true and supported by the record). Copies of
record documents necessary to evaluate the alleged error in the certification affecting
appellant’s right to appeal shall be attached to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1,
10.2.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
15th day of April 2015.
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