IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-14-00151-CR
RICHARD A. PAZ,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 12th District Court
Walker County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1426884
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Richard A. Paz attempts to appeal the trial court’s decision after an examining
trial. No law authorizes an interlocutory appeal from an examining trial. See Abbott v.
State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (standard for determining
jurisdiction is not whether appeal is precluded by law, but whether appeal is authorized
by law); Everett v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386, 386 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.) (stating that
court has jurisdiction over criminal appeals only when expressly granted by law). Even
if Paz could appeal the trial court’s decision, Paz’s notice of appeal is untimely. The
examining trial was held on March 26, 2014; thus, Paz’s notice of appeal was due April
25, 2014. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). It was not filed until May 9, 2014.
We have no jurisdiction of this appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 1
TOM GRAY
Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed May 29, 2014
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1 A motion for rehearing may be filed within 15 days after the judgment or order of this Court is
rendered. TEX. R. APP. P. 49.1. If the appellant desires to have the decision of this Court reviewed by the
Court of Criminal Appeals, a petition for discretionary review must be filed in the Court of Criminal
Appeals within 30 days after either the day the court of appeals’ judgment was rendered or the day the
last timely motion for rehearing was overruled by the court of appeals. TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2(a).
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