Court Opinion

ID: 9401485
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-06-13 14:11:20.862628+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:53.107044
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                      San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                         No. 04-23-00511-CR

                                     Michael Adam KOZITZKI,
                                             Appellant

                                                   v.

                                         The STATE of Texas,
                                               Appellee

                     From the 175th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                  Trial Court No. 2022-CR-11431
                         Honorable Catherine Torres-Stahl, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

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

Delivered and Filed: June 7, 2023

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

           In the underlying criminal case, appellant was indicted for the offense of assault-family-

second offense. On April 17, 2023, the trial court granted the State’s motion to dismiss and

dismissed the underlying criminal case. On April 24, 2023, appellant filed a notice of appeal

challenging the trial court’s dismissal order.

           “[I]n Texas, appeals by either the State or the defendant in a criminal case are permitted

only when they are specifically authorized by statute.” State ex rel. Lykos v. Fine, 330 S.W.3d 904,

915 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). Under Texas law, a criminal defendant is permitted to appeal only
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judgments of conviction and other designated appealable orders. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art.

44.02; TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). A criminal defendant is not permitted to appeal a trial court’s

order dismissing a charge against him. See Bohannan v. State, 352 S.W.3d 47, 48 (Tex. App.—

Fort Worth 2011, pet. ref’d) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction a defendant’s appeal from an order

dismissing the criminal charges filed against him); Petty v. State, 800 S.W.2d 582, 583-84 (Tex.

App.—Tyler 1990, no pet.) (concluding an order dismissing an indictment is not an order from

which a criminal defendant can appeal).

        We ordered appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of

jurisdiction. Appellant’s court-appointed counsel filed a response agreeing that appellant is not

permitted to appeal the trial court’s dismissal order. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack

of jurisdiction.

                                                  PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

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