Williams v. State

Full title: MELVIN WILLIAMS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston

Date published: Jan 20, 2011

No. 14-10-01215-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 20, 2011)

Opinion

No. 14-10-01215-CR

Opinion filed January 20, 2011. DO NOT PUBLISH — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

On Appeal from County Criminal Court at Law No. 7, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 5568/2009 TR 0955742.

Panel consists of Justices BROWN, BOYCE, and JAMISON.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of failing to safely change lanes and assessed a fine of $100.00 in the City of Houston Municipal Courts. He appealed the conviction on the record to the County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of Harris County, Texas. That court affirmed the conviction and appellant perfected an appeal to this Court. We dismiss the appeal. A defendant may appeal to a court of appeals if he is convicted in a municipal court of record and that conviction is affirmed by the county court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 30.00027(a) (Vernon 2004). However, such an appeal is permitted only if "the fine assessed against the defendant exceeds $100." Id. Because the fine does not exceed $100, we have no jurisdiction over the appeal. Id. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.