Quincy Blakely v. State

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-21-00014-CR
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QUINCY BLAKELY, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from County Criminal Court No. 1
Denton County, Texas
Trial Court No. CR-2015-06355-E
Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Quincy Blakely, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal in this court
attempting to challenge the trial court’s order denying his “Motion to Dismiss for
Lack of Speedy Trial.” Generally, we have jurisdiction to consider an appeal by a
criminal defendant only where there has been a final judgment of conviction. Bridle v.
State, 16 S.W.3d 906, 907 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2000, no pet.) (per curiam);
McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.) (per
curiam). Accordingly, we sent Blakely a letter expressing our concern that we do not
have jurisdiction because the trial court has not entered any appealable orders. We
informed Blakely that unless he or any other party desiring to continue the appeal
filed a response showing grounds for continuing this appeal, we could dismiss it. See
Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. Blakely did not file a response. We therefore dismiss this
appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f); see also Class v. State,
No. 02-19-00464-CR, 2020 WL 579108, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 6, 2020,
no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (per curiam) (“Even if the trial
court had denied Appellant’s speedy-trial motion in a written order, that order would
be appealable only in an appeal from a final judgment.”).
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/s/ Dana Womack
Dana Womack
Justice
Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: April 8, 2021
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