Dwight Okeith Bason v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
• Decided: March 18, 2026
• Docket: 04-26-00024-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-26-00024-CR

Dwight Okeith BASON, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee

From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2024-CR-0288 Honorable Frank J. Castro, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Irene Rios, Justice Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice Lori Massey Brissette, Justice

Delivered and Filed: March 18, 2026

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

In this appeal, appellant filed a five-page pro se letter with the trial court listing grievances

with his community supervision. The last sentence of the letter states: “I have a [thirty] day

appeal[,] can you please help me?” Although the letter complains about the State’s motion to

revoke, the clerk’s record reflects the motion to revoke was denied on December 16, 2025. Courts

of appeal have jurisdiction of an appeal by a criminal defendant only after a conviction or when

an appeal is specifically authorized by statute. See Skillern v. State, 355 S.W.3d 262, 266–67 (Tex. 04-26-00024-CR

App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2011, pet. ref’d) (citing Workman v. State, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (Tex.

Crim. App. 1961)); see also Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); Gary v.

State, No. 04-14-00520-CR, 2014 WL 3930752, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Aug. 13, 2014,

pet. ref’d). Because there is no judgment of conviction or appealable order in the record, we

ordered appellant to show cause, on or before February 17, 2026, why this appeal should not be

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Appellant’s court-appointed counsel filed a response conceding we lack jurisdiction over

this appeal and filed a motion to withdraw. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of

jurisdiction.

DO NOT PUBLISH

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