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Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas July 30, 2018 No. 04-18-00514-CR Ramiro CASTILLO-RAMIREZ, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee From the 381st Judicial District Court, Starr County, Texas Trial Court No. 16-CR-271 Honorable Martin Chiuminatto, Judge Presiding ORDER A jury found appellant Ramiro Castillo-Ramirez guilty of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and assessed his punishment as confinement for ten years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $5,000.00 fine. The trial court entered a judgment after verdict. Appellant sought permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals for an out-of-time appeal, and the request was granted. Appellant timely filed a notice of appeal, but the clerk’s record does not contain a trial court’s certification of defendant’s right of appeal. “The trial court shall enter a certification of the defendant’s right of appeal each time it enters a judgment of guilt or other appealable order.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). Generally, a trial court’s judgment after verdict is a judgment of guilt and is an appealable order. See id.; Cortez v. State,
420 S.W.3d 803, 805 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013); see also TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West 2018); TEX. R. APP. P. 33.1. Therefore, we ORDER the presiding judge of the 381st District Court of Starr County, Texas to (1) sign a completed certification indicating whether the defendant has a right of appeal and (2) forward it to the Starr County Clerk within TWENTY DAYS of the date of this order. We FURTHER ORDER the Starr County Clerk to file a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s certification of the defendant’s right of appeal in this court within TEN DAYS after the trial court provides the certification to the clerk. See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.5(c)(2). _________________________________ Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 30th day of July, 2018. ___________________________________ Keith E. Hottle Clerk of Court
Document Info
Docket Number: 04-18-00514-CR
Filed Date: 7/30/2018
Precedential Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/31/2018