David Lorenza Joyner v. State

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 15, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ___________________

NO. 14-11-00808-CR ___________________

DAVID LORENZA JOYNER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 174th District Court Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1318560

MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an attempted appeal from a judgment of contempt and commitment order signed August 31, 2011. Orders for contempt of court cannot be appealed. Ex parte Eureste, 725 S.W.2d 214, 216 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986). The proper course of review from a contempt order entered in a district court is by an original application for writ of habeas corpus. Id. See also Tex. Const. art. V, § 5.

We lack jurisdiction over this attempted appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Anderson and Christopher. Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).