In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-15-00320-CR
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LANDON COLLINS TALKINGTON, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 411th District Court
Polk County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 23885
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
The trial court sentenced Landon Collins Talkington on May 19, 2015. On
August 10, 2015, Talkington filed a notice of appeal from an order denying a
“Motion to Waiver Payment of Fines, Court Cost, and Court-Appointed Attorney
Fees.” See generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 43.091 (West Supp. 2014).
An appeal in a criminal case must be specifically authorized by statute, and a court
of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review interlocutory and post-judgment orders
unless such jurisdiction has been expressly granted by law. Apolinar v. State, 820
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S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (no interlocutory appeal from an order
denying a special plea); see also Haile v. State, 451 S.W.3d 856, 857-58 (Tex.
App.—Austin 2014, no pet.) (no appeal from a trial court’s post-judgment ruling
denying a motion to dismiss court costs and fines). Talkington has failed to show
any authority granting an intermediate appellate court jurisdiction to consider an
appeal from the denial of his post-conviction motion. Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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CHARLES KREGER
Justice
Submitted on September 22, 2015
Opinion Delivered September 23, 2015
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.
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