Blanton, Donald Gene

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0767-10 DONALD GENE BLANTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS KAUFMAN COUNTY K ELLER, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion. Where does a defendant’s right to appeal a nunc pro tunc judgment come from? The Court never gives a good answer to that question because there is none. After a defendant has been convicted and the direct-appeal process has been exhausted, an appellate court can act only in accordance with a directive from a higher court or pursuant to specific…