Verba Felicia Peterson v. State ( 2017 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-17-00066-CR
VERBA FELICIA PETERSON APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 432ND DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 1452670R
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On February 17, 2017, appellant Verba Felicia Peterson filed a notice of
appeal from her conviction for falsely holding herself out as a lawyer in case
number 1452670R, which had been entered that same day. See Tex. Penal
Code Ann. § 38.122 (West 2016). On March 3, 2017, the State moved to
dismiss case number 1452670R because “[t]he case has been re-filed or re-
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
indicted as Cause No. 1460794.”2 See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 32.02
(West 2006). That same day, the trial court vacated its February 17, 2017
judgment. We notified the parties that we questioned our jurisdiction over this
appeal because there was no final judgment of conviction or other order subject
to appeal and gave the parties an opportunity to show grounds for continuing the
appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. No party responded to our notice. Because
there is no final judgment of conviction or other order subject to appeal regarding
case number 1452670R, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.
R. App. P. 43.2(f); Sontiago Morales v. State, No. 2-04-550-CR, 2005 WL
375495, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 17, 2004, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication); Hilburn v. State, 946 S.W.2d 885, 886 (Tex. App.—
Fort Worth 1997, no pet.).
/s/ Lee Gabriel
LEE GABRIEL
JUSTICE
PANEL: GABRIEL, SUDDERTH, and KERR, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: April 20, 2017
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This case number resulted in a conviction for the same offense, which is
the subject of a separate appeal. Peterson v. State, No. 02-17-00065-CR.
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