Hipolito Torres Galicia v. The State of Texas Appeal from 268th District Court of Fort Bend County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 17, 2023 In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-22-00749-CR NO. 14-22-00750-CR HIPOLITO TORRES GALICIA, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 268th District Court Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 19-DCR-089024 & 19-DCR-089025 MEMORANDUM OPINION The State charged appellant with two counts of indecency with a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. After appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child, the State moved to dismiss the two charges for indecency. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the charges for indecency with a child. Appellant, however, filed a notice of appeal in each of the three cause numbers, despite there only being a final judgment in one of the causes. In Texas, appeals in criminal cases are permitted only when they are authorized by statute. State ex rel. Lykos, 330 S.W.3d 904, 915 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011); see Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.02. Generally, a criminal defendant may only appeal from a final judgment of conviction. See State v. Sellers, 790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n. 4 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990). The courts of appeals do not have jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders in a criminal appeal absent express statutory authority. Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). See also Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). There is not a judgment of conviction in trial court cause number 19-DCR089024, appellate cause number 14-22-00749-CR; nor in trial court cause number 19-DCR-089025, appellate cause number 14-22-00750-CR. Accordingly, we have no jurisdiction over these appeals. We dismiss the appeals. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot and Hassan. Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 2

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