DocketNumber： 14-04-00096-CR
Filed Date： 3/18/2004
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 9/15/2015
Dismissed and Opinion filed March 18, 2004.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-04-00096-CR
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BONNIE R. FITCH, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Criminal Court at Law No. 1
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 5394
O P I N I O N
Appellant entered a plea of not guilty to failure to stop at a clearly marked stop line while facing a red light. She was convicted and the municipal court assessed a fine of $100. Appellant appealed her conviction to the County Criminal Court at Law No. 1, which affirmed her conviction. Because we lack jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal.
In her appeal to the county court at law, appellant contended (1) the evidence was insufficient to show a clearly marked stop line, (2) the evidence was insufficient to show the traffic light was working properly, and (3) the trial court erred in not defining the term, Astop line,@ for the jury. The county court at law affirmed the municipal court conviction. Unless the sole issue is a constitutional one, the court of appeals only has jurisdiction over an appeal from a municipal conviction if (1) the fine assessed against the defendant exceeds $100 and (2) the municipal court judgment is affirmed by the county criminal court at law. Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 30.00688; Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 4.03.
Article 4.03 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure grants the court of appeals appellate jurisdiction notwithstanding the amount of the fine if the sole issue is the constitutionality of the statute or ordinance on which the conviction is based. Appellant has raised no such constitutional issue here. Therefore, this court lacks jurisdiction because the monetary fine does not exceed $100. See Boyd v. State, 11 S.W.3d 324, 325 (Tex. App.CHouston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.).
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Opinion filed March 18, 2004.
Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and Hudson.
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