IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-12-00231-CR
WILLIAM CHARLES WEBB,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-678-C2
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant filed what appeared to be a pro se interlocutory notice of appeal of the
trial court’s ruling on his motion for speedy trial. A week later he filed a similar notice
of appeal in this case.
The Clerk of the Court notified Appellant that this case was subject to dismissal
for want of jurisdiction of this apparent interlocutory appeal and that the Court might
dismiss his appeal unless he showed grounds for continuing it. Appellant did not
respond to the Clerk’s letter.1
This Court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal of the trial court’s alleged
interlocutory ruling on a motion for speedy trial. See Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694
(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 this court has jurisdiction over
criminal appeals only when expressly granted by law). Accordingly, this appeal is
dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed August 30, 2012
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1 Appellant filed a motion for speedy trial in this appeal. We dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction.
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