Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2025

Kounstance Shavon Overton v. the State of Texas

Kounstance Shavon Overton v. the State of Texas
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided November 6, 2025

Kounstance Shavon Overton v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00323-CR No. 02-25-00324-CR No. 02-25-00325-CR No. 02-25-00326-CR No. 02-25-00327-CR No. 02-25-00328-CR No. 02-25-00329-CR ___________________________ KOUNSTANCE SHAVON OVERTON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from the 372nd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 1743278, 1743280, 1743282, 1743287, 1743289, 1743290, 1743292

Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Kounstance Shavon Overton attempts to appeal the “Supplement/Amendment to Conditions of Community Supervision” signed by the trial court and herself in seven separate trial-court proceedings.

On October 3, 2025, we notified Overton of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over these appeals. We explained that in criminal cases, our jurisdiction is generally limited to appeals from judgments of conviction. See McKown v. State, 915 S.W.2d 160, 161 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996, no pet.) (per curiam). We also stated that it appeared that we lack jurisdiction over these appeals because the trial court has not entered any appealable orders. See Davis v. State, 195 S.W.3d 708, 711 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006) (noting that orders modifying conditions of community supervision are not independently appealable); Basaldua v. State, 558 S.W.2d 2, 5 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977) (holding that an order modifying the conditions of community supervision is not appealable at the time of modification). We warned Overton that unless she or any party desiring to continue the appeals filed a response by October 13, 2025, showing grounds for continuing the appeals, we could dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f), 44.3.

Overton has not filed a response to our letter expressing our jurisdictional concern. Accordingly, we dismiss these appeals for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f); Davis, 195 S.W.3d at 711; Basaldua, 558 S.W.2d at 5; McKown, 915 S.W.2d at 161; see also Landrum v. State, No. 04-23-00864-CR, 2023 WL 8610138, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Dec. 13, 2023, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (“Because the order modifying the terms of Appellant’s deferred adjudication is not an appealable order, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.”).

/s/ Dana Womack Dana Womack Justice Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) Delivered: November 6, 2025

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