Court Opinion

ID: 9945142
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-27 14:11:02.326168+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:25:24.112402
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                     San Antonio, Texas
                                MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                        No. 04-24-00017-CR

                                        Manuel ESPINOZA,
                                            Appellant

                                                 v.

                                        The STATE of Texas,
                                              Appellee

                     From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                   Trial Court No. 2023CR5174
                           Honorable Andrew Carruthers, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:         Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
                 Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice
                 Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice

Delivered and Filed: February 21, 2024

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

           Appellant Manuel Espinoza, who is represented by counsel in the underlying criminal

matter, has filed a pro se notice of appeal challenging an interlocutory order finding him

incompetent to stand trial and committing him to a mental health facility for 120 days for

examination and treatment toward the objective of attaining competency to stand trial. TEX. CODE

CRIM. PROC. art. 46B.005. The challenged order is not appealable. See id. art. 46B.011 (“Neither

the state nor the defendant is entitled to make an interlocutory appeal relating to a determination

or ruling under Article 46B.005.”).
                                                                                       04-24-00017-CR

       On January 10, 2024, we ordered Espinoza to show cause in writing by January 25, 2024,

why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. No response was filed. Because

this court lacks jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal from an order finding a defendant

incompetent to stand trial on the merits, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

                                                   PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

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