TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-09-00303-CR

James Thomas LaPointe, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 03-111-K368, HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant James Thomas La Pointe seeks to appeal a denial of his motion to recuse in a habeas proceeding. The trial court’s denial of this motion cannot be appealed as an interlocutory order. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 18a(f) (denial of motion to recuse is reviewed on appeal from final judgment); Arnold v. State, 853 S.W.2d 543, 544 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (civil rule governing recusal motions applies in criminal cases). Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

___________________________________________ Diane M. Henson, Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Henson Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: June 16, 2009 Do Not Publish