Court Opinion

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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                      Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                NO. 09-13-00053-CR
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                            GAVIN BLADES, Appellant

                                          V.

                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                 On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. 12-277932
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

        Gavin Blades filed a notice of appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss

an information. We questioned our jurisdiction, and the State filed a response

suggesting that no appealable order has been signed. Blades filed a response, but

failed to establish that the ruling about which he complains may be appealed at this

time.

        In this state, an appeal in a criminal case must be specifically authorized by

statute, and a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders
unless that jurisdiction has been expressly granted by law. Apolinar v. State, 820
S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Blades argues the trial court’s order

effectively denied him entry into a pretrial diversion program, and he suggests the

order is appealable in the same manner as a deferred adjudication community

supervision order. See, e.g., Dillehey v. State, 815 S.W.2d 623, 626 (Tex. Crim.

App. 1991).     Blades has not shown that the trial court signed a deferred

adjudication order. See generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 42.12, § 5

(West Supp. 2012). The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                           ________________________________
                                                     CHARLES KREGER
                                                         Justice

Opinion Delivered March 13, 2013
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Gaultney and Kreger, JJ.