Reginald Harris v. State ( 2018 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-18-00182-CR
REGINALD HARRIS,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2015-889-C2
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Reginald Harris appeals from an order denying his “Motion for
Declaration of Inability to Pay Cost (Pro se)” and “Motion for Production of Record’s (Pro
Se).”
Harris pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to two counts of indecency
with a child by contact. The trial court assessed Harris’s punishment at six years’
imprisonment for each count, to run concurrently. Sentence was imposed on August 11,
2016. On May 7, 2018, Harris filed in the trial court a declaration of inability to pay costs
and a motion requesting that the trial court require the McLennan County District Clerk
“to produce all documents, copies of evidence, Clerk’s Records, Court transcripts, and
grand jury minutes” in this cause. That same day, the trial court signed an order denying
Harris’s “Motion for Declaration of Inability to Pay Cost (Pro Se)” and “Motion for
Production of Record’s (Pro Se).” Harris filed a notice of appeal on May 24, 2018.
In criminal matters, appellate courts have jurisdiction only of appeals that are
authorized by law. Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-97 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). In this
case, we have not found any statutory or constitutional provision that would authorize
an appeal from the trial court’s order denying Harris’s “Motion for Declaration of
Inability to Pay Cost (Pro Se)” and “Motion for Production of Record’s (Pro Se).”
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Staley v. State, 233
S.W.3d 337, 338 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (dismissing appeal not authorized by law).
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed July 3, 2018
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