Martinez v. State

Full title: OSCAR COSTILLA MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin

Date published: Sep 7, 2005

Nos. 03-05-00535-CR, 03-05-00536-CR (Tex. App. Sep. 7, 2005)

Opinion

Nos. 03-05-00535-CR, 03-05-00536-CR

Filed: September 7, 2005. DO NOT PUBLISH.

Appeal from the District Court of Tom Green County, 51st Judicial District, Nos. a-05-0519-S a-05-0520-S, Honorable Jay K. Weatherby, Judge Presiding. Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction.

Before Justices B.A. SMITH, PATTERSON and PURYEAR.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Oscar Costilla Martinez filed motions to reduce his pretrial bail in these prosecutions for manufacture and delivery of controlled substances. Following a hearing, the motions were granted and bail was reduced from $350,000 to $300,000 in each cause. Martinez then filed notices of appeal to this Court. These are not habeas corpus proceedings. This Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain interlocutory appeals from orders on pretrial bail motions. Vargas v. State, 109 S.W.3d 26, 29 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 2003, no pet.); Benford v. State, 994 S.W.2d 404, 409 (Tex.App.-Waco 1999, no pet.); Ex parte Shumake, 953 S.W.2d 842, 846-47 (Tex.App.-Austin 1997, no pet.). The appeals are dismissed.