DISMISS; and Opinion Filed June 30, 2014.

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In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-14-00678-CR

No. 05-14-00679-CR

No. 05-14-00680-CR

SENRICK WILKERSON, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 3

Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. F08-60213-J, F10-01183-J, F10-01184-J

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Moseley, O’Neill, and FitzGerald 

Opinion by Justice O’Neill

Senrick Wilkerson filed a motion to receive credit towards his sentences for the time he 

was on bond following his arrest until he was sentenced in these cases. The trial court denied the 

motion by written order. These appeals followed. We conclude we have no jurisdiction over the 

appeals.

“Jurisdiction concerns the power of a court to hear and determine a case.” Olivo v. State, 

918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). The jurisdiction of an appellate court must be 

legally invoked, and, if not, the power of the court to act is as absent as if it did not exist. See id.

at 523. As a general rule, an appellate court may consider appeals by criminal defendants only 

after conviction. Wright v. State, 969 S.W.2d 588, 589 (Tex. App.––Dallas 1998, no pet.). A 

court of appeals has no jurisdiction over an appeal absent a written judgment or an appealable 
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order. See Gutierrez v. State, 307 S.W.3d 318, 321 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010); Nikrasch v. State, 

698 S.W.2d 443, 450 (Tex. App.––Dallas 1985, no pet.).

An order denying a motion seeking nunc pro tunc relief is not appealable. See Sanchez v. 

State, 112 S.W.3d 311, 312 (Tex. App.––Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.) (per curiam); Everett v. 

State, 82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App.––Waco 2002, pet. ref’d); Allen v. State, 20 S.W.3d 164, 165 

(Tex. App.––Texarkana 2000, no. pet.). See also State v. Ross, 953 S.W.2d 748, 751–52 (Tex. 

Crim. App. 1997) (suggesting mandamus as way to seek relief from ordering denying motion for 

judgment nunc pro tunc).

We dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.

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/Michael J. O'Neill/

MICHAEL J. O'NEILL

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Court of Appeals

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Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

SENRICK WILKERSON, Appellant

No. 05-14-00678-CR V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court 

No. 3, Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F08-60213-J.

Opinion delivered by Justice O’Neill, 

Justices Moseley and FitzGerald 

participating.

Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal for want of 

jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 30th day of June, 2014.
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Court of Appeals

S

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

SENRICK WILKERSON, Appellant

No. 05-14-00679-CR V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court 

No. 3, Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F10-01183-J.

Opinion delivered by Justice O’Neill, 

Justices Moseley and FitzGerald 

participating.

Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal for want of 

jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 30th day of June, 2014.
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Court of Appeals

S

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

SENRICK WILKERSON, Appellant

No. 05-14-00680-CR V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court 

No. 3, Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F10-01184-J.

Opinion delivered by Justice O’Neill, 

Justices Moseley and FitzGerald 

participating.

Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal for want of 

jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 30th day of June, 2014.