David Lorenza Joyner v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 174th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 15, 2011. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ___________________ NO. 14-11-00808-CR ___________________ DAVID LORENZA JOYNER, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 174th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1318560 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an attempted appeal from a judgment of contempt and commitment order signed August 31, 2011. Orders for contempt of court cannot be appealed. Ex parte Eureste, 725 S.W.2d 214, 216 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986). The proper course of review from a contempt order entered in a district court is by an original application for writ of habeas corpus. Id. See also Tex. Const. art. V, § 5. We lack jurisdiction over this attempted appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Anderson and Christopher. Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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