William Charles Webb, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee (2012)

MEMORANDUM Opinion

Appellant filed what appeared to be a pro se interlocutory notice of appeal of the trial court's ruling on his motion for speedy trial.   A week later he filed a similar notice of appeal in this case.

The Clerk of the Court notified Appellant that this case was subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction of this apparent interlocutory appeal and that the Court might dismiss his appeal unless he showed grounds for continuing it.   Appellant did not respond to the Clerk's letter.¹

This Court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal of the trial court's alleged interlocutory ruling on a motion for speedy trial.   See Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694 (Tex.Crim.App.2008) (standard for determining jurisdiction is not whether appeal is precluded by law, but whether appeal is authorized by law);  Everett v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386, 386 (Tex.App.—Waco 2002, no pet.) (stating that this court has jurisdiction over criminal appeals only when expressly granted by law).   Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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FOOTNOTES

FN1. Appellant filed a motion for speedy trial in this appeal.   We dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction..  FN1. Appellant filed a motion for speedy trial in this appeal.   We dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction.

REX D. DAVIS Justice