Opinion issued August 5, 2004
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-04-00726-CR
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LIZZIE J. LOVALL, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from County Criminal Court at Law No. 15
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 5409
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A City of Houston municipal court judge convicted appellant, Lizzie J. Lovall, of not having a vehicle inspection sticker. The court assessed punishment at a fine of twenty dollars.
Lovall appealed to county court, and the appeal was assigned to Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 15. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 30.00014(a) (Vernon 2004). Lovall filed only the clerk’s record of the municipal court proceeding in the county court. She did not file a reporter’s record or a brief. The county court judge affirmed the municipal court judgment. Lovall filed a timely motion for new trial and a timely notice of appeal.
In an appeal to a court of appeals from a municipal court of record via a county criminal court, the record and briefs from the county court constitute the record and briefs in the court of appeals. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 30.00027(b) (Vernon 2004). We therefore examine the record from the county court to determine whether we have jurisdiction over the case.
A court of appeals has jurisdiction when the fine imposed in the lower court exceeds one hundred dollars, or, if the fine is one hundred dollars or less, the sole issue is the constitutionality of the statute or ordinance on which the conviction was based. See Boyd v. State, 11 S.W.3d 324, 325 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 4.03 (Vernon Supp. 2004); Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 30.00027(a) (Vernon 2004).
We hold that we lack jurisdiction because this case does not satisfy either jurisdictional requirement. Lovall’s fine was less than one hundred dollars, and she did not file a brief in the county court challenging the constitutionality of a statute or ordinance requiring the display of a valid vehicle inspection sticker.
We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack, and Justices Keyes and Bland.
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