TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-21-00385-CR
John D. Ferrara, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF HAYS COUNTY,
NO. 21-2259CR-1, THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KEASLER, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant John D. Ferrara seeks to appeal from the trial court’s denial of his
Motion to Quash Information, signed by the court on August 10, 2021. However, we may not
exercise jurisdiction over an appeal from an interlocutory order in a criminal case when
jurisdiction has not been expressly granted by statute. See Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792,
794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Mullinax v. State, No. 01-19-00881-CR, 2021 WL 2425240, at *2
(Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 15, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for
publication); Ford v. State, No. 03-19-00518-CR, 2019 WL 4561395, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin
Sept. 20, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (citing The Money Store, LP
v. State, No. 03-17-00675-CR, 2018 WL 1004477, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 22, 2018, no
pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication)). No statute authorizes an appeal from a trial
court’s interlocutory order denying a motion to quash. See Ford, 2019 WL 4561395, at *1; The
Money Store, 2018 WL 1004477, at *1; Ex parte Alvear, 524 S.W.3d 261, 263 (Tex. App.—
Waco 2016, no pet.). Because we lack jurisdiction over Ferrara’s appeal from the denial of his
motion to quash, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App.
P. 25.2(a)(2), (d).
__________________________________________
Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Kelly
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: November 19, 2021
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