Maurice Samuel Arrington v. The State of Texas Appeal from 426th District Court of Bell County (memorandum opinion by chief justice rose)
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00708-CR Maurice Samuel Arrington, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 426TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 69198, HONORABLE FANCY H. JEZEK, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Maurice Samuel Arrington filed this attempted appeal of the district court’s ruling denying Arrington’s post-conviction “motion to unseal files.” See Arrington v. State, No. 03-1300066-CR, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 2052, at *2 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 5, 2015, pet. ref’d) (affirming conviction on direct appeal). The standard for determining our jurisdiction is whether an appeal is authorized by law. Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). There is no such grant of authority for this appeal from the denial of a motion to unseal files. See id.; see also Mooney v. State, No. 05-12-01221-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 7888, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Sept. 18, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (concluding court lacked jurisdiction over appeal from order denying motion to unseal documents). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f). Jeff Rose, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: November 9, 2016 Do Not Publish 2
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