Stokes, Forrest Lee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS No. PD-0417-06 FORREST LEE STOKES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS On Discretionary Review of Case 14-04-00518-CR of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Harris County WOMACK , J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. The question in this case is whether a docket-sheet entry was sufficient to show “presentment” of a motion for new trial to the trial court. We hold that it in this case it was. The appellant was convicted of felony theft and sentenced to fifteen years’ confinement. He timely filed a motion for new trial alleging ineffective…