Kevin Goodwin v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 20, 2009
• Docket: 06-09-00054-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-09-00054-CR ______________________________

KEVIN GOODWIN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 102nd Judicial District Court Bowie County, Texas Trial Court No. 01-F-0466-102

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter MEMORANDUM OPINION

In 2002, Kevin Goodwin was convicted of murder and assessed a punishment of ninety-nine

years' imprisonment. That conviction was appealed, and the judgment was affirmed. See Goodwin

v. State, No. 06-03-00089-CR, 2004 Tex. App. LEXIS 6692 (Tex. App.—Texarkana July 23, 2004,

pet. ref'd) (not designated for publication).

Goodwin previously filed a motion seeking a record of the trial. That motion was granted

by the trial court, and a free record was provided to Goodwin's attorney for purposes of appeal.

Goodwin then filed another request with the trial court for a second free record of the trial. Goodwin

now attempts to appeal from the trial court's order denying this request.

This Court has jurisdiction over criminal appeals only when expressly granted by law.

Everett v. State, 91 S.W.3d 386, 386 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.). No statute vests this Court

with jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a request for a free copy of the trial record

when such a request is not presented in conjunction with a timely filed direct appeal. Id.; see Self

v. State, 122 S.W.3d 294, 294–95 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2003, no pet.).

We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Jack Carter Justice

Date Submitted: March 19, 2009 Date Decided: March 20, 2009

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