Opinion
No. 10-02-182-CR
Opinion delivered and filed August 7, 2002
Appeal from the 252nd District Court, Jefferson County, Texas, Trial Court # 63490.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction
Jimmy D. Hamm, Burbank Hamm, Beaumont, for Appellant/Relator.
Rodney D. Conerly, Jefferson County Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Beaumont, for Appellee/Respondent.
Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A jury convicted Marvin Lee Wilson of capital murder and assessed the death penalty. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction. See Wilson v. State, 7 S.W.3d 136 (Tex.Crim.App. 1999). Wilson filed a post-conviction motion for forensic DNA testing under chapter 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. ch. 64 (Vernon 1997). The trial court denied the motion, and Wilson appealed to the Beaumont Court of Appeals. Pursuant to a docket equalization order, the case was transferred to this Court on June 18, 2002.
The Court of Criminal Appeals has notified this Court that it has docketed Wilson's appeal. The Court requests that we provide it with copies of the documents on file in this Court.
The Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over an appeal from a trial court's ruling on a chapter 64 DNA motion in a death penalty case. Id. 64.05; Kutzner v. State, 75 S.W.3d 427, 431-32 (Tex.Crim.App. 2002). This Court does not. Id. Accordingly, we dismiss Wilson's appeal in this Court for want of jurisdiction. This clerk of this court is ordered to forward copies of all documents in this court's file to the Court of Criminal Appeals.