Harry C. Washington v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 7, 2018
• Docket: 02-18-00180-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH

NO. 02-18-00180-CR

HARRY C. WASHINGTON APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 297TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 1458141D

MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

On April 27, 2018, we notified Appellant Harry C. Washington of our

concern that we lacked jurisdiction over this appeal because he was attempting

to appeal from a judgment of acquittal. 2 We generally have jurisdiction to

1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. 2 Appellant’s companion case in cause number 02-18-00181-CR remains pending because that appeal is from a judgment of conviction. consider an appeal in a criminal case only when there has been a final judgment

of conviction. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02 (West 2018); McKown

v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.).

We informed Appellant that his appeal would be dismissed for want of

jurisdiction unless he or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed with this

court, on or before May 7, 2018, a response showing grounds for continuing the

appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f), 44.3. No response has been filed.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

/s/ Bonnie Sudderth

BONNIE SUDDERTH CHIEF JUSTICE

PANEL: SUDDERTH, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: June 7, 2018