Danny R. Alejandro v. State

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 6, 2018.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-18-00871-CR
DANNY R. ALEJANDRO, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 339th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1003546
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an attempted appeal of a ruling denying appellant’s motion for leave
to file a petition for writ of mandamus.
Generally, a criminal defendant may appeal only from a final judgment. See
State v. Sellers, 790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n. 4 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990). The courts of
appeals do not have jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders in a criminal appeal
absent express statutory authority. Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991); see also Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
The denial of a motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus is not
a separately appealable order. Because this appeal does not fall within any exception
to the general rule that an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment of
conviction, we lack jurisdiction.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Jamison and Donovan.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
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