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NO. 07-04-0576-CR

                              IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                      AT AMARILLO

                                         PANEL B

                                     MARCH 2, 2005

                          ______________________________

                               RACHEL DIAZ, APPELLANT

                                             V.

                          THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

                        _________________________________

             FROM THE 320TH DISTRICT COURT OF POTTER COUNTY;

               NO. 49,392-D; HONORABLE DON R. EMERSON, JUDGE

                         _______________________________

Before JOHNSON, C.J., and QUINN and CAMPBELL, JJ.

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Appellant Rachel Diaz was convicted of aggravated robbery. Sentence was imposed

on November 1, 2004. Appellant filed a timely motion for new trial on November 30, 2004,

and a notice of appeal on December 10, 2004. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.4(a), 26.2(a).

Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal asserting that the trial court granted her
motion for new trial on December 20, 2004. Attached to the motion to dismiss is a copy of

the trial court’s order granting the motion for new trial. The State did not file a response.

       We cannot grant the motion to dismiss as one under Rule of Appellate Procedure

42.2(a) because it is not personally signed by appellant. We will, however, treat it as a

motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

       When the trial court grants a motion for new trial, it restores the case to its position

before the former trial. Tex. R. App. P. 21.9. Because there is no conviction to be appealed,

we have no jurisdiction to consider appellant’s appeal. See Waller v. State, 931 S.W.2d
640, 643-44 (Tex.App.–Dallas 1996, no pet.).

       Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                           James T. Campbell
                                               Justice

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