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
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