Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-06 03:53:14.401552+00
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-06-00520-CR

Edward A. Kohler, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 29,744, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M    O P I N I O N

Edward A. Kohler is in prison, apparently serving the sentence imposed at his 1981
trial for aggravated sexual assault.  On July 6, 2006, the Honorable Joe Carroll wrote a letter to
Kohler informing him that his request for a bench warrant was denied.  On August 1, Judge Carroll
wrote a letter to Kohler telling him that his request for a phone conference was denied.  On August
15, Kohler filed a pro se notice of appeal from these orders.
As a general rule, this Court has criminal appellate jurisdiction only from judgments
of conviction.  See Workman v. State, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961).  We do not
have jurisdiction except as expressly granted by law.  See Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794
(Tex. Crim. App. 1991); McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.--Fort Worth 1996, no
pet.).  We have found no statute that vests this Court with jurisdiction over a direct appeal from the
orders in question.
In the absence of an appealable order, the appeal is dismissed.

				__________________________________________
				Bea Ann Smith, Justice
Before Justices B. A. Smith, Pemberton and Waldrop
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed:   October 18, 2006
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