David Len Sims v. State

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-19-00320-CR

DAVID LEN SIMS, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 13th District Court Navarro County, Texas Trial Court No. D36869-CR

MEMORANDUM OPINION

David Len Sims was convicted in 2017 and sentenced to 82 years in prison. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. See Sims v. State, No. 10-17-00170-CR, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 1036 (Tex. App.—Waco Feb. 13, 2019, pet. ref’d) (not designated for publication). Sims now requests that this Court grant Sims an out-of-time appeal so that he may complain about the representation of his retained counsel. This request was set up in the Court's system as a new notice of appeal.

We lack jurisdiction to grant an out-of-time appeal; that authority belongs exclusively to the Court of Criminal Appeals through a writ of habeas corpus. See Parr v. State, 206 S.W.3d 143, 144-45 (Tex. App.—Waco 2006, no pet.).

Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed, and Sims’ motion for an out-of-time appeal is dismissed as moot.

TOM GRAY Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Neill Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed September 18, 2019 Do not publish [CRPM]

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