Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-09 08:11:47.172714+00
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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 6, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-23-00135-CR

                    OMAR FELIPE RAMIREZ, Appellant

                                        V.
                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 185th District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 0934225

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This is an attempted appeal of the trial court’s ruling on appellant’s motion
for judgment nunc pro tunc. In Texas, appeals in criminal cases are permitted only
when they are authorized by statute. State ex rel. Lykos, 330 S.W.3d 904, 915 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2011); see Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02. Generally, a
criminal defendant may only appeal from a final judgment. See State v. Sellers,
790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n. 4 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990). An order denying a judgment
nunc pro tunc does not result in a new judgment, and no statute vests appellate
courts with jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a request for a
judgment nunc pro tunc. Everett v. State, 82 S.W.3d 735, 735 (Tex. App.—Waco
2002, pet. dism’d); see Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 697 (Tex. Crim. App.
2008). Because this appeal does not fall within the exceptions to the general rule
that appeal may be taken only from a final judgment of conviction, we have no
jurisdiction.

      On March 20, 2023, this court notified the parties that the appeal would be
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction unless a party demonstrated that the court has
jurisdiction. Appellant’s response fails to demonstrate that this court has
jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.

      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Wise, Zimmerer, Wilson.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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