Kounstance Shavon Overton v. the State of Texas

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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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
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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,

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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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