Ex Parte Jeremy R. Minnitt ( 2013 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-13-00125-CR
No. 10-13-00126-CR
EX PARTE JEREMY R. MINNITT
From the 19th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 2013-356-C1 and 2013-357-C1
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In appellate cause numbers 10-13-00125-CR and 10-13-00126-CR, appellant,
Jeremy R. Minnitt, filed pro se notices of appeal indicating that he wished to appeal
from the trial court’s purported denial of his applications for “writ of habeas corpus
seeking bail reduction.” In both cases, we have received the Clerk’s Record, which
contains appellant’s pro se habeas-corpus applications, his pro se notices of appeal, and
a letter sent from this Court regarding appellant’s filing of his pro se notices of appeal.
The Clerk’s Record does not contain a copy of the trial court’s purported denial of
appellant’s habeas-corpus applications.
Because the record does not contain an appealable order or a certification of
appellant’s right of appeal in either case, we notified appellant that these cases were
subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction. We also informed appellant that these
cases would be dismissed unless, within twenty-one days from September 4, 2013, he
filed a response showing grounds for continuing these appeals. Since the filing of his
pro se notices of appeal, appellant has had no contact with this Court.
Our review of the limited record reveals that appellant has completely failed in
his duty to prosecute these appeals, to contact the Court, and to take any further action
towards prosecuting these appeals. Accordingly, we conclude that appellant does not
desire to prosecute these appeals. As such, we dismiss these appeals, under our
inherent authority, for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3; Ealy v. State, 222
S.W.3d 744, 745 (Tex. App.—Waco 2007, no pet.) (citing Peralta v. State, 82 S.W.3d 724,
725-26 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.)); see also Evans v. State, No. 10-09-00251-CR, 2010
Tex. App. LEXIS 546, at *3 (Tex. App.—Waco Jan. 27, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication).
AL SCOGGINS
Justice
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Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeals Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed November 21, 2013
Do not publish
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