Dennis James Henley v. The State of Texas Appeal from 320th District Court of Potter County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-21-00260-CR DENNIS JAMES HENLEY, APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 320th District Court Potter County, Texas Trial Court No. 79,055-D-CR, Honorable Pamela C. Sirmon, Presiding November 18, 2021 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ. Appellant, Dennis James Henley, filed a notice of appeal from the “judgment of conviction and sentence” purportedly rendered by the trial court. This criminal action was dismissed, however, by the trial court on October 5, 2021.1 Because no pronouncement of sentence or appealable order has been entered by the trial court, we have no 1 The State moved to dismiss the underlying cause after appellant was convicted in trial court cause numbers 78,886-D and 79,471-D. Appellant has appealed those convictions, pending in causes 07-2100261-CR and 07-21-00262-CR. jurisdiction over the appeal.2 See Kerr v. State, No. 07-13-00128-CR, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 12850, at *9 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Nov. 25, 2014, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (“When no sentence is pronounced, there is no valid judgment or conviction from which to appeal”). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Per Curiam Do not publish. 2 Questioning our jurisdiction, we directed appellant to show grounds for continuing the appeal. Appellant filed a response acknowledging that the court is without appellate jurisdiction. 2
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