Opinion
NO. 14-21-00104-CR
04-13-2021
LEXTER KENNON KOSSIE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 185th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 679887
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery. We affirmed his conviction in 1997. See Kossie v. State, No. 14-94-01171-CR; 1997 WL 109996 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 13, 1997, no pet.) (not designated for publication). Appellant has filed numerous appeals and original proceedings in this court concerning that conviction.
This appeal is from the December 30, 2020 order denying his request for appointed counsel to represent him in his appeal immediately preceding this one, appeal 14-21-00008-CR. The trial court's certification of defendant's right of appeal states:
With respect to the Court's Denial of Appointment of Counsel, signed by the Court on 12/20/20, the Court does not make any determination whether that order is subject to immediate appeal.
Generally, appeals in criminal cases may only be taken from final judgments of convictions. Workman v. State, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961); McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.). No exception to the general rule allows an appeal from an order denying a request for counsel in a separate appeal.
On February 26, 2021, we notified the parties of our intent to dismiss this appeal unless appellant demonstrated, within 21 days, that the court has jurisdiction. We have not received a response from appellant.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Jewell and Poissant. Do Not Publish—Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
In re Kossie, No. 14-13-00324-CR, 2013 WL 1789808 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 25, 2013, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Kossie v. State, 14-15-00131-CR, 2015 WL 1262504 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 17, 2015, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Kossie v. State, No. 14-18-00232-CR, 2018 WL 1955047 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Apr. 26, 2018, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Kossie v. State, No. 14-20-00671-CR, 2021 WL 245236 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 26, 2021, no pet. h.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Kossie v. State, No. 14-21-00008-CR, 2021 WL 970653 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 16, 2021, no pet. h.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication).