Genevieve Pauline Golden v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 12, 2024
• Docket: 04-24-00176-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-24-00176-CR

Genevieve Pauline GOLDEN, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee

From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2022CR11545 Honorable Andrew Carruthers, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

Delivered and Filed: June 12, 2024

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Appellant, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal on February 28, 2024, purporting to appeal

from a conviction and sentence imposed on October 7, 2022. Thereafter, the trial court clerk filed

the clerk’s record. The clerk’s record does not contain a final judgment of conviction. “With

certain exceptions . . . , this court has jurisdiction to consider an appeal filed by a criminal

defendant only after a final judgment of conviction.” Zamarripa v. State, No. 04-16-00274-CR,

2016 WL 3085932, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio June 1, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op., not

designated for publication) (citing TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 44.02); accord McKown v. State, 04-24-00176-CR

915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.) (“Generally, we only have

jurisdiction to consider an appeal by a criminal defendant where there has been a judgment of

conviction.”).

On April 11, 2024, we ordered appellant to show cause in writing why this appeal should

not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant did not respond. Accordingly, this appeal is

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 44.02; McKown, 915 S.W.2d

161; Zamarripa, 2016 WL 3085932, at *1.

DO NOT PUBLISH

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