Ex Parte LaCharles Curtis ( 2022 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-22-00352-CR
EX PARTE LACHARLES CURTIS
On Appeal from the 364th District Court
Lubbock County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2020-419,516, Honorable William R. Eichman II, Presiding
December 19, 2022
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.
Appellant, LaCharles Curtis, proceeding pro se, filed a document with this Court
seeking to appeal the trial court’s purported denial of his pretrial application for writ of
habeas corpus. Because no such order has been issued by the trial court, we dismiss
the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
We have jurisdiction to consider a criminal appeal from a judgment of conviction
or where expressly granted by law. See Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696–97 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2008). By letter of November 18, 2022, we notified Appellant that no judgment
or appealable order had been entered by the trial court and directed him to show how we
have jurisdiction over this appeal. In response, Appellant filed a “Motion to Remand
Jurisdiction Because of Delay for Answer on Bond Reduction,” requesting that we remand
the cause for the trial court to rule on his pending habeas application. Appellant has not
demonstrated our appellate authority to do so. Further, to the extent Appellant now seeks
mandamus relief, he has not filed a petition complying with Rule of Appellate Procedure
52, supported by record documents, that shows he is entitled to the requested relief.
Accordingly, we deny the motion.
Because Appellant has not presented this Court with a judgment of conviction or
appealable order for review, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
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