The State of Texas v. Dale Gilbert Moore Appeal from 10th District Court of Galveston County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Motion Granted; Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 16, 2014. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-13-01009-CR THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant V. DALE GILBERT MOORE, Appellee On Appeal from the 10th District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 12CR0993 MEMORANDUM OPINION The State filed a notice of appeal from the trial court s order signed April 26, 2013, granting appellee s motion to suppress the State s evidence. On October 8, 2014, the State filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in light of the recent decision from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in State v. Redus, ___ S.W.3d ___, Nos. PD-0067-14 & PD-0069-14, 2014 WL 4996396 (Tex. Crim. App. Oct. 8, 2014). In Redus, the Court held that the appellate court lacks jurisdiction unless the elected prosecutor personally certifies, within the time to perfect the appeal, that the appeal is not taken to delay the trial and the suppressed evidence is of substantial importance to the case, in compliance with article 44.01(a)(5) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Id. at *2 *3. The certification in this case does not comply with the statute. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.01(a)(5). We grant the State s motion and order the appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Donovan and Brown. Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 2
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