Debeyon Patrice Young v. State ( 2015 )


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    01-15-00412-CR
    FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
    HOUSTON, TEXAS
    12/1/2015 10:43:37 AM
    CHRISTOPHER PRINE
    CLERK
    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST
    COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT FILED IN
    1st COURT OF APPEALS
    HOUSTON, TEXAS
    No. 01-15-00412-CR             12/1/2015 10:43:37 AM
    CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
    Clerk
    DEBEYON PATRICE YOUNG,
    Appellant                                     On Appeal from the 208th
    District Court of Harris
    v.                                            County, TX; Trial Cause No.
    1388619.
    THE STATE OF TEXAS,
    Appellee
    ___________________________________________________________
    APPELLANT’S MOTION TO ABATE TO
    DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH
    APPELLANT MAY APPEAL
    ___________________________________________________________
    Jerome Godinich, Jr.
    TBA No. 08054700
    917 Franklin, Suite 320
    Houston, Texas 77002
    (713) 237-8388
    (713) 224-2889 FAX
    JGodinich@AOL.com
    Attorney for Appellant
    (on appeal only)
    November 30, 2015
    TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
    DEBEYON PATRICE YOLUNG, Appellant in the above cause, would
    respectfully request the Court to abate this cause and remand it to the trial court for a
    determination of the extent to which Appellant may appeal. In support of said
    motion, Appellant would show the following:
    I.
    This appeal stems from Appellant’s conviction for aggravated robbery. (CR at
    162). Appellant pleaded guilty without an agreed recommendation to the trial court
    and was sentenced to a term of thirty-five [35] years. (CR at 162). Appellant gave
    notice of appeal. (CR at 166).
    II.
    On 4-08-2015, the trial judge executed a, “Certification of Defendant’s Right
    to Appeal”. (CR at 159). In this certification, the trial judge indicated that the
    Appellant waived the right to appeal.     On 4-20-2015, the same trial judge executed
    another “Certification of Defendant’s Right to Appeal”.          (CR at 165).     In this
    certification, the trial judge indicated that she gave Appellant permission to appeal.
    In the present case, the two certifications of defendant’s right to appeal are
    conflicting. Compare Monreal v. State, 
    99 S.W.3d 615
    , 617 (Tex. Cr. App. 2003) (A
    waiver of the right to appeal that was made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently is
    valid and will prevent a defendant from appealing without the consent of the trial
    court.); Perez v. State, 
    129 S.W.3d 282
    , 287 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi 2004, no pe.)
    (“A valid waiver of appeal, whether negotiated or non-negotiated, will prevent a
    defendant from appealing without the consent of the trial court.”) with Willis v. State,
    
    121 S.W.3d 400
    , 403 (Tex. Cr. App. 2003) (trial court’s permission to appeal overrides
    even a valid waiver of the right to appeal).
    III.
    Undersigned counsel cannot determine from this record whether and to what
    extent Appellant may appeal and whether or not an Anders brief may be appropriate.
    This Court has the authority to abate a case to the trial court to correct errors in the
    record that prevent a proper consideration of the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. PROC.
    44.4(b); Iles v. State, 
    127 S.W.3d 347
    , 350 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, no
    pet.) (“The trial court is in a better position to determine whether the previously
    executed waiver of appeal was in fact validly executed and if there is any arguable
    merit in appellant's desire to appeal.”).
    PRAYER FOR RELIEF
    WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant asks this Honorable
    Court to grant this Motion to Abate and order the trial court to determine the extent
    to which Appellant may appeal.
    Respectfully submitted,
    By:    /s/ JEROME GODINICH, JR.
    Jerome Godinich, Jr.
    TBA No. 08054700
    917 Franklin, Suite 320
    Houston, Texas 77002
    (713) 237-8388
    (713) 224-2889 FAX
    JGodinich@AOL.com
    Attorney for Appellant
    (on appeal only)
    November 30, 2015
    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
    I certify that a copy of this Post-Submission Brief for Appellant has been
    served upon the State of Texas by e-mailing a copy of same to the following parties at
    their respective addresses on this the 27th day of March, 2015:
    ALAN CURRY
    HARRIS CO. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    1201 FRANKLIN
    HOUSTON, TX 77002
    /s/ JEROME GODINICH, JR.
    Jerome Godinich, Jr.