Court Opinion

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In The
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                  No. 06-14-00034-CR

             BRIAN WILLIAMS, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

          On Appeal from the 5th District Court
                Bowie County, Texas
              Trial Court No. 11F0303-5

       Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
        Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley
                                MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Brian Williams has filed notices of appeal in connection with rulings in multiple

prosecutions in which he is the defendant. In each instance, he is complaining about the denial

of relief on pretrial motions filed in his pending prosecution.

       As a general rule, an appellate court may consider appeals by criminal defendants only

after conviction. See Ex parte Shumake, 953 S.W.2d 842, 844 (Tex. App.—Austin 1997, no

pet.). It is axiomatic that a party may appeal only that which the Legislature has authorized.

Olowosuko v. State, 826 S.W.2d 940, 941 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992). Intermediate appellate courts

have no jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders absent express authority. TEX. R. APP. P.

25.2(b)(2); Ex parte Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Sanchez v.

State, 340 S.W.3d 848, 849 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.). Upon receiving his notice

of appeal, we sent Williams a letter telling him that we found no order or judgment in the record

that was appealable and asked him to show this Court how we had jurisdiction over each appeal.

We have received a response in which Williams directs us to Rule 25.2(a)(2)(A) of the Texas

Rules of Appellate Procedure as permitting his appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P 25.2 (a)(2)(A). That

section of the Rule provides that if a plea agreement is granted, a defendant may appeal certain

types of matters raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial.

       In that limited situation, such an appeal for certain types of pretrial determinations may

be brought from a conviction pursuant to a plea agreement. The Rule provides an exception to

the limitation on appeals from convictions pursuant to a plea agreement, and it does not allow

separate, interlocutory appeals from any pretrial rulings by the trial court.

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       The Rule provides no relief for Williams. Our review of the appellate record reveals no

appealable orders. We, therefore, must dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

       We dismiss the appeal.

                                             Bailey C. Moseley
                                             Justice

Date Submitted:       April 3, 2014
Date Decided:         April 4, 2014

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