Joseph Demetrius Farris v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 29, 2021
• Docket: 10-21-00208-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-21-00207-CR No. 10-21-00208-CR

JOSEPH DEMETRIUS FARRIS, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 12th District Court Madison County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 18-13138 and 18-13140

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In each of these two causes, Appellant Joseph Demetrius Farris attempts to appeal

from the trial court’s order dismissing charges against him. An order dismissing charges

is not an order a defendant may appeal. Bohannan v. State, 352 S.W.3d 47, 48 (Tex. App.—

Fort Worth 2011, pet. ref’d); see also Crider v. State, No. 04-19-00512-CR, 2019 WL 4647705,

at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Sept. 25, 2019, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Accordingly, we dismiss each of these appeals for want of

jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(f); Bohannan, 352 S.W.3d at 48.

Notwithstanding that we are dismissing these appeals, Farris may file a motion

for rehearing with this Court within fifteen days after the judgment of this Court is

rendered. See TEX. R. APP. P. 49.1. If Farris desires to have the decision of this Court

reviewed by filing a petition for discretionary review, that petition must be filed with the

Court of Criminal Appeals within thirty days after either the day this Court’s judgment

is rendered or the day the last timely motion for rehearing is overruled by this Court. See

id. R. 68.2(a).

MATT JOHNSON Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Johnson, and Justice Smith Dismissed Opinion delivered and filed September 29, 2021 Do not publish [CR25]

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