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Everett v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District, Waco
Jul 3, 2002
82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App. 2002)

Summary

dismissing appeal regarding the trial court's denial of judgment nunc pro tunc for lack of jurisdiction

Summary of this case from Desilets v. State

Opinion

No. 10-02-169-CR

Opinion delivered and filed July 3, 2002

Appeal From the 54th District Court, McLennan County, Texas, Trial Court # 1996-848-C.

Ryan Everett, Bonham, for appellant.

John W. Segrest, McLennan County District Attorney, Waco, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Ryan Everett pleaded guilty to sexual assault. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the court sentenced him to five years' imprisonment, suspended imposition of sentence, and placed him on community supervision for five years. The court revoked Everett's community supervision and imposed the original sentence in June 2000. Everett filed a motion for judgment nunc pro tunc in May 2002 complaining that he had not received proper credit for the jail time he served before imposition of sentence. The court denied this motion and Everett appealed.

Article V, section 6 of the Texas Constitution invests this Court with jurisdiction over "all cases of which the District Courts or County Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction, under such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law." Tex. Const. art. V, § 6. Article 44.02 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides in pertinent part, "A defendant in any criminal action has the right of appeal." Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02 (Vernon 1979). Texas courts have consistently construed article 44.02 to allow an appeal only "from a `final judgment [of conviction],' though the statute does not contain this limitation on its face." Benford v. State, 994 S.W.2d 404, 408-09 (Tex.App.-Waco 1999, no pet.) (quoting State v. Sellers, 790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n. 4 (Tex.Crim.App. 1990)).

This Court has jurisdiction over other types of criminal appeals only when "expressly granted by law." Benford, 994 S.W.2d at 409 (quoting Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991)). No statute vests this Court with jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a request for judgment nunc pro tunc. See State v. Ross, 953 S.W.2d 748, 751-52 (Tex.Crim.App. 1997). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

Everett v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District, Waco
Jul 3, 2002
82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App. 2002)

dismissing appeal regarding the trial court's denial of judgment nunc pro tunc for lack of jurisdiction

Summary of this case from Desilets v. State
Case details for

Everett v. State

Case Details

Full title:RYAN EVERETT, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District, Waco

Date published: Jul 3, 2002

Citations

82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App. 2002)

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