TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-02-00617-CR
Rhett Webster Pease, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 5 OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. 586435, HONORABLE GISELA D. TRIANA, JUDGE PRESIDING
Rhett Webster Pease filed a Anotice of interlocutory appeal@ seeking a determination by this
Court as to Awhether or not the county court [at law] has any jurisdiction in this matter,@ a prosecution for
resisting arrest. The notice states that the specific issue Pease seeks to address by this interlocutory appeal
is Awhether or not de-facto officers can charge defendant with resisting arrest without warrant supported by
affidavit.@
Courts of appeals do not have jurisdiction to consider interlocutory appeals unless that
jurisdiction has been expressly granted by law. Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1991). There is no statutory provision granting a right to appeal the matter at issue here before a final
judgment has been rendered.
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
David Puryear, Justice
Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices Patterson and Puryear
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: October 17, 2002
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