Court Opinion

ID: 4912196
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-20 07:30:47.982305+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:13:39.042957
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NUMBER 13-21-00228-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                    THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

____________________________________________________________

DAVID GREG GONZALES,                                                          Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 197th District Court
                   of Willacy County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
             Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Tijerina
                 Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

       Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appears there is no final

appealable order. On July 27, 2021, the clerk of the court notified appellant of this defect

and provided ten days to correct. Appellant has neither corrected the defect nor

responded to the court’s notice.
       Generally, a state appellate court only has jurisdiction to consider an appeal by a

criminal defendant where there has been a final judgment of conviction. Workman v.

State, 170 Tex. Crim. 621, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (1961); McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d

160, 161 (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 1996, no pet.). Exceptions to the general rule include:

(1) certain appeals while on deferred adjudication community supervision, Kirk v. State,

942 S.W.2d 624, 625 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); (2) appeals from the denial of a motion to

reduce bond, TEX. R. APP. P. 31.1; McKown, 915 S.W.2d at 161; and (3) certain appeals

from the denial of habeas corpus relief, Wright v. State, 969 S.W.2d 588, 589 (Tex. App.-

-Dallas 1998, no pet.); McKown, 915 S.W.2d at 161.

       Our review of the documents before the Court shows that appellant’s case is still

pending in the trial court and it does not reveal any appealable orders entered by the trial

court within thirty days before the filing of appellant's notice of appeal. Moreover,

the notice of appeal cannot be construed as premature because it was filed before the

trial court has made a finding of guilt or has received a jury verdict. See TEX. R. APP. P.

27.1(b).

       The Court, having examined and fully considered the notice of appeal, is of the

opinion that there is not an appealable order and this Court lacks jurisdiction over the

matters herein. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

                                                                      JAIME TIJERINA
                                                                      Justice
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed on the
16th day of September, 2021.

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