Jeffrey R. Richardson v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas

MEMORANDUM OPINION

No. 04-26-00547-CR

Jeffrey R. RICHARDSON,

Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas,

Appellee

From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2026-CR-001046 Honorable Frank J. Castro, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice Irene Rios, Justice

Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice

Delivered and Filed: August 19, 2026 DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION Appellant, Jeffrey R. Richardson, filed a pro se “Notice of Appeal from Negotiated Plea”

on July 7, 2026. Thereafter, the trial court clerk filed the clerk’s record. The clerk’s record contains no 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 Jun. 1, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (citing TEX. CODE CRIM PROC. ANN.

04-26-00547-CR

art. 44.02); accord McKown v. State, 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.”). We ordered Richardson to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed. Richardson filed no response. Accordingly, we dismiss Richardson’s appeal for want of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH