COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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ERIC FLORES,
Appellant,
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
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No. 08-11-00362-CR
Appeal from
384th District Court
of El Paso County, Texas
(TC # 20110D01621) |
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion for determination whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Finding there is no appealable order, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
According to the docketing statement, the appellant, Eric Flores, is attempting to appeal from an order appointing counsel to represent him in the trial court. The Clerk’s Office informed Appellant that this not an appealable order and gave notice of the Court’s intent to dismiss for want of jurisdiction unless he filed a response by December 10, 2011 showing grounds that the appeal should be continued. No response has been filed.
Generally, we only have jurisdiction to consider an appeal by a criminal defendant where there has been a final judgment of conviction. See Workman v. State, 170 Tex. Crim. 621, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (1961); Bridle v. State, 16 S.W.3d 906, 907 (Tex.App.--Fort Worth 2000, no pet.). An appellate court does not have jurisdiction to consider interlocutory orders, unless that jurisdiction has been expressly granted by law. See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 44.02 (West 2006); Bridle, 16 S.W.3d at 907. The exceptions to the rule are: (1) certain appeals while on deferred adjudication community supervision, Kirk v. State, 942 S.W.2d 624, 625 (Tex.Crim.App. 1997); (2) appeals from the denial of a motion to reduce bond, Tex.R.App.P. 31.1; McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex.App.--Fort Worth 1996, no pet.); and (3) certain appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief, Wright v. State, 969 S.W.2d 588, 589 (Tex.App.--Dallas 1998, no pet.). The trial court’s appointment of counsel to represent Appellant is not an appealable interlocutory order. We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
January 25, 2012 ________________________________________________
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Antcliff, JJ.
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