Saliba v. State

OPINION

WRIGHT, Justice.

Maureen R. Saliba attempts to appeal the County Criminal Court of Appeals’s judgment reversing the municipal court’s order granting her motion to quash. The State filed a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction prior to submission. Because this case has never proceeded to trial and appellant has not been convicted, we conclude we lack jurisdiction over this appeal.

Generally, appellate courts may consider an appeal by a criminal defendant only after conviction. See Workman v. State, 170 Tex.Crim. 621, 622, 343 S.W.2d 446, 447 (1961). There are narrow exceptions to the…