Julius Stewart v. State ( 2012 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-12-00191-CR
JULIUS STEWART,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 13th District Court
Navarro County, Texas
Trial Court No. 33487, 33854, 33855, 33907, 33983
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Julius Stewart has filed an interlocutory pro se notice of appeal of the denial of
his motion to recuse the trial judge.
We do not have jurisdiction of this interlocutory appeal of the denial of the
motion to recuse. See Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (standard
for determining jurisdiction is not whether appeal is precluded by law, but whether
appeal is authorized by law); Everett v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386, 386 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002,
no pet.) (stating that court has jurisdiction over criminal appeals only when expressly
granted by law). No law authorizes the interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to
recuse.
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed June 20, 2012
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