Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-26 13:11:01.77153+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                       San Antonio, Texas
                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                          No. 04-23-00714-CR

                                        Benjamin AGUILERA,
                                              Appellant

                                                    v.

                                         The STATE of Texas,
                                               Appellee

                      From the 437th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                    Trial Court No. 2021CR11731
                                Honorable Joel Perez, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Irene Rios, Justice
                  Beth Watkins, Justice

Delivered and Filed: September 20, 2023

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

           On July 25, 2023, appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal from a negotiated plea. A clerk’s

record was filed on August 2, 2023, and it did not contain a judgment of conviction or other

appealable order.       Instead, it contained a docket sheet reflecting appellant is still awaiting

sentencing, and the district clerk confirmed appellant has not been sentenced.

           We generally do not have jurisdiction to consider an appeal in a criminal case unless a

judgment of conviction has been rendered. See McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.). Under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2(a), the appellate
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timetable does not begin to run until thirty days after the day sentenced is imposed in open court

or within ninety days if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a).

       Because it appeared we did not have jurisdiction over this appeal since the trial court had

not imposed sentence, we ordered appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed

for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant did not file a written response, but appellant’s appointed counsel

confirmed appellant had not been sentenced. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of

jurisdiction without prejudice to refiling a new notice of appeal once sentence has been imposed.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a); see also Herrera v. State, No. 04-18-00655-CR, 2018 WL 5268839,

at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Oct. 24, 2018, no pet.) (per curiam) (not designated for

publication) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction because record reflects appellant is awaiting

sentencing); Cortez v. State, No. 08-18-00210-CR, 2019 WL 290579, *1 (Tex. App. Jan. 23, 2019)

(mem. op.) (not designated for publication) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction when no

indication appellant would be sentenced within reasonable amount of time).

                                                   PER CURIAM

Do Not Publish

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