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Opinion issued August 25, 2026 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00292-CR ——————————— DEON DEWAYNE WASHINGTON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the County Criminal Court at Law No. 16 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2566319 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Deon Dewayne Washington was charged with violating a bond condition. Attorney De’La E. Seoul Spears was appointed to represent appellant. In an unrelated case Spears was also appointed to represent the complainant in this case. The State moved to disqualify Spears in this case and the trial court granted the motion. Spears filed a notice of appeal, purportedly on the appellant’s behalf. But an interlocutory order disqualifying an attorney is not an appealable order. “[I]n Texas, appeals by either the State or the defendant in a criminal case are permitted only when they are specifically authorized by statute.” State ex rel. Lykos v. Fine, 330 S.W.3d 904, 915 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). There is no statute authorizing an appeal from an interlocutory disqualification order. Gautreaux v. State, No. 02-10-00455- CR, 2010 WL 5088223, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 9, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op. not designated for publication).1 A notice of appeal of an unappealable order does not invoke our jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Morgan. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). 1 Spears also filed mandamus petitions purportedly on the appellant’s behalf challenging the disqualification order in this and another case. This Court denied relief. In re Washington, Nos. 01-26-00463-CR & 01-26-00464-CR, 2026 WL 1338095 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] May 14, 2026, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication). 2