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Phillips v. State

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
Mar 21, 2012
NO. 09-12-00030-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 21, 2012)

Opinion

NO. 09-12-00030-CR

03-21-2012

LEON PHILLIPS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee


On Appeal from the 252nd District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 11-10884


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Leon Phillips was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and bond was set at $60,000. Phillips's bond was later raised to $350,000. Phillips's counsel filed a motion to reduce the bond amount. After a hearing, the trial court reduced bond to $325,000. Phillips filed this pro se appeal, in which he contends that his bond is excessive.

The record indicates that Phillips was represented by counsel at the time he filed his notice of appeal.

"[W]e have no authority to dispose of a pending controversy unless our jurisdiction has been invoked." Keaton v. State, 294 S.W.3d 870, 871 (Tex. App.— Beaumont 2009, no pet.). The Legislature has not provided appellate jurisdiction over a direct appeal from an interlocutory pretrial order involving bail. Id. at 873; see Sanchez v. State, 340 S.W.3d 848, 852 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.). Because Phillips appeals from a pretrial order involving the reduction of bond, we have no jurisdiction over his appeal; therefore, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Sanchez, 340 S.W.3d at 852; Keaton, 294 S.W.3d at 873.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

STEVE McKEITHEN

Chief Justice
Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.


Summaries of

Phillips v. State

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
Mar 21, 2012
NO. 09-12-00030-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 21, 2012)
Case details for

Phillips v. State

Case Details

Full title:LEON PHILLIPS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

Date published: Mar 21, 2012

Citations

NO. 09-12-00030-CR (Tex. App. Mar. 21, 2012)