Court Opinion

ID: 9401795
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Date Created: 2023-06-14 06:08:36.528488+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:55.379038
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Dismissed and Opinion Filed June 9, 2023

                                        In The
                              Court of Appeals
                       Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 No. 05-23-00501-CR
                                 No. 05-23-00502-CR
                                 No. 05-23-00503-CR

                           DARIUS SAULS, Appellant
                                     V.
                         THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court
                              Dallas County, Texas
         Trial Court Cause No. F22-00668-M, F21-31855-M, F22-31450-M

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                  Before Justices Pedersen, III, Kennedy, and Garcia
                           Opinion by Justice Pedersen, III
         Appellant appeals the trial court’s failure to lower appellant’s bond pending

trial.    Appellant states in his combined notice of appeal for these cases,

“Defendant . . . files this appeal of excessive bail. Bail is excessive set at $100,000

each solely to keep accuse[d] incarcerated until trial.” The Texas Court of Criminal

Appeals has held, “There is no constitutional or statutory authority granting the

courts of appeals jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals regarding excessive bail

or the denial of bail.” Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
      The trial court’s online docket sheets for these cases show no appealable

orders have been entered. See In re Johnson, 599 S.W.3d 311, 311 (Tex. App.—

Dallas 2020, no pet.) (taking judicial notice of trial court’s online docket sheet).

Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over these appeals.

      We dismiss these appeals for want of jurisdiction.

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TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b)

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                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

DARIUS SAULS, Appellant                        On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial
                                               District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00501-CR          V.                 Trial Court Cause No. F22-00668-M.
                                               Opinion delivered by Justice
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                   Pedersen, III. Justices Kennedy and
                                               Garcia participating.

      Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, this appeal is DISMISSED for
want of jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 9th day of June, 2023.

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                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

DARIUS SAULS, Appellant                        On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial
                                               District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00502-CR          V.                 Trial Court Cause No. F21-31855-M.
                                               Opinion delivered by Justice
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                   Pedersen, III. Justices Kennedy and
                                               Garcia participating.

      Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, this appeal is DISMISSED for
want of jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 9th day of June, 2023.

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                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

DARIUS SAULS, Appellant                        On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial
                                               District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00503-CR          V.                 Trial Court Cause No. F22-31450-M.
                                               Opinion delivered by Justice
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                   Pedersen, III. Justices Garcia and
                                               Kennedy participating.

      Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, this appeal is DISMISSED for
want of jurisdiction.

Judgment entered this 9th day of June, 2023.

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