Melvin Williams v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 20, 2011
• Docket: 14-10-01215-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 20, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-10-01215-CR

MELVIN WILLIAMS , Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from County Criminal Court at Law No. 7

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 5568/2009 TR 0955742

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Appellant was convicted of failing to safely change lanes and assessed a fine of $100.00 in the City of Houston Municipal Courts.  He appealed the conviction on the record to the County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of Harris County, Texas.  That court affirmed the conviction and appellant perfected an appeal to this Court.  We dismiss the appeal.

A defendant may appeal to a court of appeals if he is convicted in a municipal court of record and that conviction is affirmed by the county court.  See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 30.00027(a) (Vernon 2004).  However, such an appeal is permitted only if “the fine assessed against the defendant exceeds $100.”  Id.   Because the fine does not exceed $100, we have no jurisdiction over the appeal.  Id.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. 

                                                                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Brown, Boyce, and Jamison.

Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).