Jessica Langlais v. State ( 2017 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-17-00248-CR
JESSICA LANGLAIS APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 1499902D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On June 8, 2017, Jessica Langlais filed in the trial court a “Motion to
Reduce Bond and Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.” On June 12, 2017, the
trial court heard Langlais’s motion and, according to a “Certificate of
Proceedings,” denied it. The trial court did not, however, sign a formal order. On
June 15, 2017, Langlais filed a notice of appeal.
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
On August 9, 2017, we sent a clerk’s letter questioning our jurisdiction on
two bases. First, we noted the absence of a signed, written order. See State v.
Wachtendorf, 475 S.W.3d 895, 904 (Tex. Crim. App. 2015); Ex parte Wiley, 949
S.W.2d 3, 4 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.). Next, we noted that we did
not have jurisdiction over the denial of a pretrial motion to reduce bond. See
Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); but cf. Ex parte
Peyton, No. 02-16-00029-CR, 2016 WL 2586698, at *1 n.2 (Tex. App.—Fort
Worth May 5, 2016) (explaining that court of appeals has jurisdiction over appeal
from denial of pretrial habeas corpus application seeking bail reduction) (mem.
op., not designated for publication), pet. dism’d, No. PD-0677-16, 2017 WL
1089960 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 22, 2017) (not designated for publication).
Also in the clerk’s letter, we informed the parties that if they did not file a
response by August 21, 2017, we might dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. As of today’s date, neither party has filed a response.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction for want of a
signed, written order. See Wachtendorf, 475 S.W.3d at 904; Wiley, 949 S.W.2d
at 4.
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/s/ Elizabeth Kerr
ELIZABETH KERR
JUSTICE
PANEL: WALKER, KERR, and PITTMAN, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: September 28, 2017
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