In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-11-00083-CR

                                                ______________________________

                                   THOMAS EVERETT NIX, Appellant

                                                                V.

                                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                                        On Appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court

                                                           Harrison County, Texas

                                                         Trial Court No. 88-0275X

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                        Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

                                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Thomas Everett Nix has filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment nunc pro tunc. 

            The right to appeal in a criminal case is a substantive right determined solely within the province of the Legislature.  Lyon v. State, 872 S.W.2d 732, 734 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).  “A defendant in any criminal action has the right of appeal under the rules hereinafter prescribed.”  Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02 (West 2006).  Generally, a criminal defendant may only appeal from a final judgment.  See State v. Sellers, 790 S.W.2d 316, 321 n.4 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990).  “The courts of appeals do not have jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders unless that jurisdiction has been expressly granted by law.”  Apolinar v. State, 820 S.W.2d 792, 794 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Ahmad v. State, 158 S.W.3d 525, 526 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2004, pet. ref’d).

            We do not have jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a request for judgment nunc pro tunc.  See generally State v. Ross, 953 S.W.2d 748, 751–52 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Sanchez v. State, 112 S.W.3d 311 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.); Everett v. State, 82 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, pet. dism’d); Allen v. State, 20 S.W.3d 164, 165 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2000, no pet.).

            We dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                        Josh R. Morriss, III

                                                                        Chief Justice

Date Submitted:          June 30, 2011 

Date Decided:             July 1, 2011

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