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Date: 10-30-2020
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Donavan Ramos v. The State of Texas
Case Number: 02-20-00118-CR
Judge: Per Curiam
Court: Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
Plaintiff's Attorney: Joseph W. Spence
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Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Donavan Ramos with Appealing From a Pretrial Order.
Donavan Ramos attempts to appeal from the trial court’s order granting the
State’s pretrial motion to hold him without bond. In a letter dated August 18, 2020,
we notified Ramos of our concern that we lack jurisdiction to consider the trial court’s
order because it is not appealable. See Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2014). This court also informed Ramos that unless he or any party desiring to
continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal, the
appeal could be dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. Ramos did not file a response.
We do not have jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals from pretrial orders
regarding the denial of bond sought by motion. Ragston, 424 S.W.3d at 52; Gonzalez v.
State, No. 02-20-00119-CR, 2020 WL 5833632, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Oct. 1,
2020, no pet. h.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication). But cf.
Ex parte Peyton, No. 02-16-00029-CR, 2016 WL 2586698, at *1 n.2 (Tex. App.—Fort
Worth May 5, 2016) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (explaining that court
of appeals does have jurisdiction over appeal from denial of pretrial habeas corpus
application seeking bail reduction), pet. dism’d, No. PD-0677-16, 2017 WL 1089960
(Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 22, 2017) (not designated for publication).
Outcome: Because Ramos is attempting to appeal the trial court’s pretrial order denying him bond on the State’s motion, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f); Ragston, 424 S.W.3d at 52.
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