Ronney Joe Standifer v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 8, 2024
• Docket: 10-24-00030-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-24-00030-CR

RONNEY JOE STANDIFER, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 19th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2013-122-C1

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Ronney Joe Standifer was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison. He

attempts to appeal the trial court’s Order, signed on January 23, 2024, denying Standifer’s

“Petitioner’s Omnibus Motions Submitted to this Court,” filed with the trial court on the

same date as the Order was signed, which requested the compulsion of certain people to

provide documents to Standifer so that Standifer could proceed with a petition for writ

of habeas corpus.

The standard for determining jurisdiction is not whether the appeal is precluded by law, but whether the appeal is authorized by law. Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696

(Tex. Crim. App. 2008). We have not found any rule or any statutory or constitutional

provision that would authorize Standifer’s appeal from the trial court's Order signed on

January 23, 2024.

Accordingly, the trial court’s January 23, 2024 Order is not appealable, we have no

jurisdiction to entertain Standifer's appeal, and the appeal is dismissed. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 26.2; Staley v. State, 233 S.W.3d 337, 338 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007).

TOM GRAY Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Johnson, and Justice Smith Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed February 8, 2024 Do not publish [CRPM]

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