Goosby, Richard Barnett v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 182nd District Court of Harris County
Annotate this CaseDismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 7, 2005.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-05-00105-CR
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RICHARD BARNETT GOOSBY, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 182nd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 986,575
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
This is an attempted appeal from a dismissal of charges, which the State refiled under a different cause number.
Generally, an 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.). The exceptions 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.
Because this appeal does not fall in an exception to the general rule that appeal may be taken only from a final judgment of conviction, we have no jurisdiction.
Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed April 7, 2005.
Panel consists of Justices Edelman, Seymore, and Guzman.
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