Rodarte v. State

OPINION

This Court’s previous opinion of October 21, 1992 is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.

The issue before us is whether appellant timely filed his notice of appeal from a conviction for capital murder in which a life sentence was assessed. We conclude that he did not.

The judgment recites that the sentence was pronounced and imposed on June 15, 1992. The judgment was signed and entered on June 16, 1992. No motion for new trial was filed, and the notice of appeal was filed on Thursday, July 16, 1992.

If the event triggering the appellate timetable was the imposition of…