TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-16-00708-CR
Maurice Samuel Arrington, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 426TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 69198, HONORABLE FANCY H. JEZEK, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Maurice Samuel Arrington filed this attempted appeal of the district court’s ruling
denying Arrington’s post-conviction “motion to unseal files.” See Arrington v. State, No. 03-13-
00066-CR, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 2052, at *2 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 5, 2015, pet. ref’d)
(affirming conviction on direct appeal).
The standard for determining our jurisdiction is whether an appeal is authorized
by law. Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). There is no such grant
of authority for this appeal from the denial of a motion to unseal files. See id.; see also Mooney
v. State, No. 05-12-01221-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 7888, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Sept. 18,
2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (concluding court lacked jurisdiction over
appeal from order denying motion to unseal documents).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App.
P. 43.2(f).
Jeff Rose, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Bourland
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: November 9, 2016
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