IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
Nos. 10-08-00296-CR, 10-08-00297-CR,
10-08-00298-CR, 10-08-00299-CR,
10-08-00300-CR, 10-08-00301-CR,
10-08-00302-CR, and 10-08-00303-CR
HELEN MAYFIELD,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 361st District Court
Brazos County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 07-05457-CRF-361, 07-05458-CRF-361,
07-05459-CRF-361, 07-05460-CRF-361, 07-05461-CRF-361,
07-05462-CRF-361, 07-05463-CRF-361, and 07-05464-CRF-361
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A grand jury presented twelve indictments for forgery against Helen Mayfield,
and each indictment was assigned a different cause number by the district clerk. She
went to trial on four of the indictments, and a jury convicted her in each case. She was
not tried on the other eight indictments, and they remain pending. Mayfield filed a
notice of appeal in all twelve cases.1 We will dismiss the appeals in the eight cases
which remain pending in the trial court because no final judgment of conviction or
other appealable order has been entered in any of them.
This Court has appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases to review final judgments
of conviction and other interlocutory orders for which jurisdiction is “expressly granted
by law.” See Ahmad v. State, 158 S.W.3d 525, 526 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2004, pet.
ref’d) (quoting Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991)) (citing State
v. Sellers, 790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n.4 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990)) (other citations omitted).
Accordingly, the Clerk of this Court notified Mayfield that these eight appeals were
subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction if she did not file a response showing
grounds for continuing the appeals. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3. The Court has received no
response. Accordingly, these appeals are dismissed for want of jurisdiction.2 See
Ahmad, 158 S.W.3d at 527.
PER CURIAM
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Vance, and
Justice Reyna
Appeals dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed October 29, 2008
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1
Actually, Mayfield filed a single notice of appeal with all twelve cause numbers on it.
2
Mayfield’s appeals in the four cases in which she was convicted remain pending in this Court.
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Combined Opinion