NUMBER 13-22-00409-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH ALEMAN, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 24th District Court

of Victoria County, Texas.

O R D E R

Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina

Order Per Curiam 

Appellant, Christopher Joseph Aleman, has filed a notice of appeal with this 

Court from his conviction in trial court cause number 22-04-33647-A. The trial court’s 

certification of the defendant’s right to appeal shows that the defendant does not have 

the right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The Texas Rules of Appellate 

Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed if a certification showing that a 

defendant has a right of appeal is not made a part of the record. Id. R. 25.2(d); see id. 

R. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. The purpose of the certification requirement is to efficiently sort 
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appealable cases from non-appealable cases so that appealable cases can “move 

through the system unhindered while eliminating, at an early stage, the time and 

expense associated with non-appealable cases.” Greenwell v. Ct. of Apps. for the 

Thirteenth Jud. Dist., 159 S.W.3d 645, 649 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); see Hargesheimer 

v. State, 182 S.W.3d 906, 912 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). 

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has held that a trial counsel’s duties do not 

end upon sentencing, but rather, include advising a client concerning the right to appeal 

and “taking other steps to pursue an appeal.” See Jones v. State, 98 S.W.3d 700, 703 

(Tex. Crim. App. 2003).

Within thirty days of date of this notice, appellant’s lead appellate counsel, 

Lauran Pall, is hereby ORDERED to: 1) review the record; 2) determine whether 

appellant has a right to appeal; and 3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings 

as to whether appellant has a right to appeal and/or advise this Court as to the 

existence of any amended certification. If appellant’s counsel determines that appellant 

has a right to appeal, counsel is further ORDERED to file a motion with this Court within 

thirty days of this notice, identifying and explaining substantive reasons why appellant 

has a right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3, 44.4; Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 

614–15 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); see also, e.g., Carroll v. State, 119 S.W.3d 838, 841 

(Tex. App.—San Antonio 2003, no pet.) (certification form provided in appendix to 

appellate rules may be modified to reflect that defendant has right of appeal under 

circumstances not addressed by the form). The motion must include an analysis of the 

applicable case law, and any factual allegations therein must be true and supported by 

the record. See Dears, 154 S.W.3d at 614–15; cf. Woods v. State, 108 S.W.3d 314, 

316 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (construing former appellate rule 25.2(b)(3) and holding that 
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recitations in the notice of appeal must be true and supported by the record). Copies of 

record documents necessary to evaluate the alleged error in the certification affecting 

appellant’s right to appeal shall be attached to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1,

10.2.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. 

TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b.).

Delivered and filed on the

7th day of September, 2022.