Rodrick E. Harris v. State ( 2018 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-18-00236-CR
RODRICK E. HARRIS,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2017-63-C2
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Rodrick Harris, who is in the county jail awaiting trial, represents himself in the
underlying criminal proceeding. Harris has filed a document detailing the problems that
he has experienced at the county jail in obtaining discovery. He complains that the
administration of the county jail has violated his rights and, in doing so, has also
compromised the integrity of the underlying criminal proceeding. Harris requests that
this Court provide him “the relief due this defendant.”
The right of appeal in criminal cases is conferred by the Legislature, and a
defendant may appeal only from judgments of conviction or interlocutory orders
authorized as appealable. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West 2006); TEX. R.
APP. P. 25.2(a)(2); see also Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014) (“‘[T]he
standard for determining jurisdiction is not whether the appeal is precluded by law, but
whether the appeal is authorized by law.’” (quoting Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-
97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008))). Harris is not appealing from a judgment of conviction or an
appealable interlocutory order; therefore, we have no jurisdiction over his appeal.1 See
Ragston, 424 S.W.3d at 52; see also Abbott, 271 S.W.3d at 696-97. Accordingly, this appeal
is dismissed.
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed August 15, 2018
Do not publish
[CR25]
1To the extent Harris is seeking mandamus relief, he has not identified any trial court order or action from
which he seeks relief, nor does he specify the particular relief he seeks from this Court. In addition, the
document that Harris has filed fails to satisfy several other requirements of Rule of Appellate Procedure
52.3. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3.
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