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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-21-00026-CR
Louis James Brown III, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE 296TH DISTRICT COURT OF COLLIN COUNTY
NO. 296-83597-2019, JOHN R. ROACH JR., JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On January 13, 2021, Louis James Brown III filed a notice of appeal of a
judgment of conviction for the offense of stalking out of Collin County, Texas. See Tex. Penal
Code § 42.072. However, the criminal appellate jurisdiction vested in this Court by the Texas
Constitution and the Code of Criminal Procedure is limited to counties in this Court’s appellate
district. See Tex. Const., art. V, § 6 (providing that courts of appeals “shall have appellate
jurisdiction co-extensive with the limits of their respective districts, which shall extend to all
cases of which the District Courts or County Courts have original or appellate jurisdiction, under
such restrictions and regulations as may be prescribed by law”); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. arts. 4.01
(establishing criminal jurisdiction in criminal actions in courts of appeals), .03 (providing that
courts of appeals “shall have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of their respective
districts in all criminal cases except those in which the death penalty has been assessed”). Collin
County lies outside this Court’s district. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.201(d) (listing counties in
Third Court’s district), (f) (including Collin County in list of counties in Fifth Court’s district).
Thus, because Collin County lies outside of our district, we have no appellate jurisdiction in
this matter. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App.
P. 42.3(a); see also Rodriguez v. State, 970 S.W.2d 133, 135 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1998, pet.
ref’d) (applying Rule 42.3 in criminal context).
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Thomas J. Baker, Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Baker and Smith
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: March 18, 2021
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