Derrick Reshord Walton v. State ( 2019 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-19-00320-CR
No. 02-19-00321-CR
No. 02-19-00322-CR
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DERRICK RESHORD WALTON, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from the 431st District Court
Denton County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. F17-2958-431, F17-2959-431, F17-2960-431
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Womack and Wallach, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 26, 2019, Derrick Reshord Walton filed a notice of appeal from the
trial court’s orders finding his bonds insufficient in three pending cases. This is not
the first time that Walton has attempted to appeal these very issues regarding these
same cases. See Walton v. State, Nos. 02-18-00396-CR, 02-18-00397-CR, 02-18-00398-
CR, 2018 WL 6424242, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 6, 2018, no pet.)
(dismissing Walton’s notice of appeal aimed at challenging the trial court’s verbal
denial of his attempts to reduce bail in the same three cases he now appeals and
dismissing the appeals for want of jurisdiction).
On September 4, 2019, we sent Walton a letter explaining our concern that we
lack jurisdiction over these appeals because the trial court has not entered any
appealable orders. See McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth
1996, no pet.); see also Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014)
(holding that courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals of
pretrial orders regarding excessive bail or denial of bail). Between October 7 and 15,
2019, Walton responded three times to this court’s letter. Rather than showing that
the trial court had entered any appealable orders, Walton argued that his bail is
oppressive, that his court-appointed attorney is ineffective, and that he is being
illegally detained. He has also requested preparation of both the clerk’s and reporter’s
records. Because Walton has not demonstrated that we have jurisdiction over these
appeals, we dismiss them for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).
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/s/ Dana Womack
Dana Womack
Justice
Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: October 31, 2019
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