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## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I -E DI NBURG GL EN JO N ES , Ap pe l l an t, V
. TH E STAT E OF T EXAS, Appe lle e.

On A ppea l from the Co unty Co urt at La w of Sa n Pa tr i ci o C ou nty , T ex as . 

### MEM ORA NDU M OPI NI ON Be fo re C hie f J us tice Vald ez an d Ju stice s Y añ ezan d Be na v ide s

M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam App ellantatte mp ts to ap pea l from a judgme nt ad judicat ing him guilty of driv ing w hile int ox ic ated. The ap pel lan t w as sent enced to confine ment for si xty d a ys and a fine o f $2000. The tr ial cour

t’ s cer ti ficat ion of t he defendant’ s ri g ht of ap peal does not cont ain the defendant’ s s ig nature. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 25.2( d)
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On J uly 10, 2008 and Oct ober 9, 2008 the C ler k o f this C our t not ified appel lan t of the n eces si ty

of a s ig ned t ri al cour

t c erti ficat ion i n tw o letters. Appel lan t w as infor med that failu re to comp le te the form c oul d resul t i n the matte r bei ng referred to the Cou rtfor appropr iat e orders. N o s ig ned c erti ficat ion w as re cei v ed. On A pr il 14, 2009 the Stat e filed a moti on to w it hdraw appel lan t’ s n oti ce of appeal and dismiss the app eal be cause the ap pellan t had serv ed his jail sent ence and serv ed h is f ine a n d c o urt costs by jail serv ice, an d be cause app ellanthad not f iled his app ellant ’s brief . Appe llant’s ap poin ted trial counse l f iled a respo nse to the State ’s motio n to dism iss, sta ti ng thatthe appel lan t’ s w hereabouts w ere unk now n; t hat a ppel lan t had nev er si g ned his trial court certif ication ; tha t app ellantd id notreque st app ointe d cou nsel for the a ppe al; and t hat a ppel lan t doe s n ot ha v e retai ned c ounse l for th e appea l. The Tex as Rul es of A ppel lat e Procedu re req uire the tr ial co urt t o ent er a c erti ficat ion of t h e d e fe ndant’ s r ig ht of appea l in ev er y ca se in w hic h i t ent ers a j udg ment of g uil t or other appeal abl e order
. See i d. 25.2( a) (2 ). The cer

ti ficat ion musti ncl ude a noti ce that the defend anthas be en informe d of his rig hts con cerning an ap pea l, as w ell as any r ight to f ile a pro s e pet it ion for d is creti onar y rev iew
. See i

d. 25.2( d)
. The cer

ti ficat ion must be s ig ned by the d efendant and a c opy mustbe g iv en to hi m. See i d. 25.2( d)
. The appeal m ustbe dis mis sed if a c erti ficat ion thatsh ow s t he defendant has the r ig ht of appea l has not b een made par

t of the re cord under

thes e r ule s. See i

d. 25.2( d)
. App ellant ’s notice of

app eal includ ed a n un signed trial court certifica tion fo rm. T his Cou rtnoti fied appe ll ant t hat a si g ned t ri al cour t c erti ficat ion had not b een fil ed and re q uest ed that appell ant f il e a si g ned tri al cour t cer ti ficat ion
. As of this date , app ell ant h asT he Cl er k of t he Cour t not i f i ed a ppel l ant byl et t erdat ed M ay 8, 200 9, t hat a m ot i on t o di sm i ss had 1 been f i l ed b y t he St at e an d di r ect ed a ppel l ant t o con t act t he Cour t t o ad v i se us whet herhe wi shed t o pr oceed w i th h i s a p p e a l
. A p p e l l a n t w a s in fo rm e d th a t i f h e w a n te d th e C o u rt to d i s m i s s th e a p p e a l , h e w o u l d n e e d to s i g n a w rit te n m o ti o n to d i s m i s s . A p p e l l a n t h a s fa i l e d to re s p o n d to th e C o u rt’ s n o ti c e . 3 notf iled an ame nde d trial court certif ication
. The Te x as Ru le s of Appe llate Proce dure 1 prov ide thatan appeal must be dis mis sed if a cer ti ficat ion that shows t he defendant has the r ig ht of appea l has not b een made par t of the re cord under

thes e r ule s. T EX . R. A PP . P. 25. 2(d); se e T EX . R. A PP . P. 37.1, 44.3 , 44. 4. Acco rdingly , this app eal is DISMISSE D. Any pendi ng moti ons are deni ed as moot.
PERC UR IAM
Do not p ubl is h. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s t he 25th day

of June, 2009.