COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

JAMES RANDALL DOWNS, § No. 08-23-00275-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 143rd District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of Ward County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 08-05-04962-CRW)

JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We further order this decision be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023.

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice Before Palafox, J., Soto, J., and Marion, C.J. (Ret.)

Marion, C.J. (Ret.), sitting by assignment