Opinion issued February 26, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-14-01017-CR
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MICHAEL HOSEA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 232nd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 9415203
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Michael Hosea, attempts to appeal from the trial court’s order
denying his motion requesting free copies of various documents and transcripts
related to his felony conviction. We dismiss the appeal.
Hosea was convicted of murder in 1995. This Court previously affirmed the
judgment of the trial court and dismissed two subsequent attempts to appeal from
the trial court’s judgment. See Hosea v. State, No. 01-12-00918-CR, 2012 WL
5878117 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 21, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication); Hosea v. State, No. 01-11-01050-CR, 2012 WL
2345351 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 21, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication); Hosea v. State, No. 01-95-00358-CR, 1997 WL
709453 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 6, 1997, pet. ref’d) (mem. op., not
designated for publication).
On November 5, 2014, Hosea filed a “Motion to Obtain Trial Transcripts
and Statement of Facts Informa [sic] Pauperis” in the trial court, seeking free
copies of records from his criminal conviction for use in preparing an out-of-time
appeal or an application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. The trial
court denied the motion on November 12, 2014. Hosea filed a notice of appeal
from the trial court’s order on December 8, 2014.
“The denial of a motion to obtain a free record is not an appealable order.”
Poole v. State, No. 14-14-00081-CR, 2014 WL 1268617, at *1 (Tex. App.—
Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 27, 2014, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for
publication) (citing Manning v. State, No. 14-11-00464-CR, 2011 WL 2434064, at
*1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] June 16, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op., not
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designated for publication)); see Quijano v. State, No. 14-11-01105-CR, 2012 WL
214293, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 24, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op.,
not designated for publication).
Accordingly, we dismiss Hosea’s appeal for want of jurisdiction. We
dismiss any pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Brown and Lloyd.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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