Mooney, Jerry W. v. State ( 2012 )

DISMISS; Opinion Filed September 18, 2012. In The i!ILnIrt uf \pptaIs iftI! Jistrirt uf rxn tt Jattwi No. 05-12-01221-CR GERRY W. MOONEY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 3 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F02-35420-MJ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Moseley, Fillmore, and Myers Opinion By Justice Myers Gerry W. Mooney appeals the trial court’s order denying his “motion to unseal documents previously seaIed.t Appellate courts have jurisdiction over appeals by criminal defendants only after conviction or from certain statutorily designated appealable orders. See Wright v. State, 969 S .W.2d 588, 589—90 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1998,110 pet.). The Court has found no authority providing the right to appeal an order denying a motion to unseal documents. Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault on a public se ant with a deadly weapon and sentenced to fonv-flve years’ imprisonmen His t. was affinned on direct appeal. convicflon i’. Stare, No. 05-05-01395-CR (Tex. App—Dallas Dec. 13, 2006. o ref d). We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. LANA MYERS JUSTICE Do Not Publish TEx. R. App. P. 47 12122 IF.U05 nnrt nf Apirztti iftI! litrirt uf (!Ixa at Datku JUDGMENT GERRY W. MOONEY. Appellant Appeal from the Criminal [)istrict Court No. 3 of I)allas County, Texas. (Tr.Ct.No. F02- No. 05-12-01221 -CR V. 35420-MJ). Opinion delivered by Justice Myers, Justices THE STATE OF TEXAS. Appellee Moseley and Fillmore participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal for want ofjurisdiction. Judgment entered September 18, 2012. LANA MYERS JUSTICE