Opinion
No. 05-18-00842-CR
09-04-2018
RICKY ALLEN DYISE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 194th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F16-54228-M
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Bridges, Francis, and Lang-Miers
Opinion by Justice Lang-Miers
Ricky Allen Dyise appeals his conviction for retaliation. On October 24, 2016, a jury found him guilty after which the trial court assessed punishment at ten years in prison, probated for six years, and a $1000 fine. This Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. Dyise v. State, No. 05-16-01408-CR, 2017 WL 6164574, at *3 (Tex. App.—Dallas Dec. 2017, pet. ref'd). The Court now has before it appellant's July 24, 2018 "Notice of Appeal." Appellant does not reference any new appealable order but asks to appeal his 2016 conviction.
An appellate court has jurisdiction to determine an appeal only if the appeal is authorized by law. Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). When the appellate court's jurisdiction is not legally invoked, the court's power to act is as absent as if it did not exist. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Appellate courts may consider criminal appeals only after final conviction or the entry of a narrow set of appealable interlocutory orders. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1); Wright v. State, 969 S.W.2d 588, 589 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1998, no pet.).
Here, appellant seeks to appeal his original 2016 conviction. Because we have already considered his direct appeal and there are no new appealable orders, we conclude we lack jurisdiction over this appeal.
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
/Elizabeth Lang-Miers/
ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE Do Not Publish
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b) 180842F.U05
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the 194th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F16-54228-M.
Opinion delivered by Justice Lang-Miers, Justices Bridges and Francis participating.
Based on the Court's opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal for want of jurisdiction. Judgment entered this 4th day of September, 2018.