Carlos Alberto Bustos v. State ( 2014 )

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed December 9, 2014.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-14-00871-CR
CARLOS ALBERTO BUSTOS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 339th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1350260
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant has been charged with aggravated sexual assault. Appellant’s pre-
trial bond was revoked by written order signed November 5, 2013. On September
9, 2014, appellant filed a motion requesting that the trial court reduce the new
$100,000 bond and reinstate his original bail amount or set a reasonable bail. The
trial court denied the motion by a written order signed October 7, 2014. On
October 20, 2014, appellant filed a notice of appeal. The clerk’s record was filed
December 3, 2014.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals recently held that appellate courts lack
jurisdiction to review an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a motion for
pretrial bail reduction. See Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App.
2014) (holding that there is no constitutional or statutory authority granting the
courts of appeals jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals regarding excessive bail
or the denial of bail). The Ragston court made it clear that Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure 31, which provides the procedures for appeals in habeas corpus and bail
proceedings, does not grant a right of interlocutory appeal from an order denying a
pretrial motion for bond reduction. Id.
Accordingly, we order the appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Jamison, Busby, and Brown.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
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