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## Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-01545-CR No. 05-18-01546-CR No. 05-18-01547-CR No. 05-18-01548-CR No. 05-18-01549-CR No. 05-18-01550-CR LUIS ANGEL RUEDA A/K/A LU IS RUEDAMARES, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. F18- 51915-V; F18-51916-V; F18-51917-V; F18-75237-V; F18-75268-V; and F18-24000-V 

### MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Molberg, Reichek, and Evans 1 Opinion by Justice Reichek Luis Angel Rueda a/k/a Luis Ruedamares 2 entered open pleas of guilty to four aggravated robberies, unlawful possession of le ss than one gram of methampheta mine, and theft of a firearm. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court found appellant guilt y of all charges and assessed

1 The Hon. David Evans, Justice, Assigned
2 In all cases except Cause No. 05-18-01550-CR, appellant is identified in the indictment and judgment as Luis Angel Rueda. In C ause No. 05-18-01550-CR (theft of a firearm), the indictment and judgment identify appellant as Luis Ru edamares, although other document s, including pro se motions filed by appellant, identify him as Luis Angel Rueda. Neither the State nor appellant disputes that Luis Ruedamares and Luis Angel Rueda are the same person.–2– punishment at fifteen years in prison on each aggrav ated robbery and 180 days in jail on the drug possession and theft charges, with a ll sentences to run concurrently. In the drug possession case, cause No. 05-18-01 547-CR, appellant argues the State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove he possessed methamphetamine. In the remaining cases, appellant argues the trial court lacked jurisdicti on to hear the cases because there is no order transferring the cases to the court’ s docket. For reasons set out below, we overrule all issues and affirm the trial court’s judgments.
F ACTUAL B ACKGROUND Appellant agreed in writing to have his pleas in these cases heard by a magistrate judge. Thereafter, he pleaded guilty to all charges without an agreemen t as to punishment, waived his right to a jury trial, and signed a written judicial confession in ea ch case. The magistrate judge admonished appellant in writing on the conse quences of his pleas, approved his judicial confessions, and accepted his pleas of guilty. The cases were then passed for further proceedings. Subsequently, the district court judge conduc ted a sentencing hearing at which several witnesses testified. The eviden ce showed that appellant robbed four people at gunp oint, in three separate incidents, in less th an an hour on the night of Febr uary 8, 2018. Police received a description of the suspect’s vehicl e and located the vehicle and appe llant at a nearby gas station. Appellant was arrested. While doing an inventory of his car, police found a gun and drugs, which the arresting officer referred to as “meth.” All of the robbery victims testif ied to the trauma they experienced at being robbed at gunpoint, and two testified they continue to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of the incident . Appellants’ mother, si ster-in-law, and brotherin-law each testified that appellant had a long-time drug problem that had changed his behavior and asked that he be placed on pr obation with court-ordered rehab. The trial court rejected the–3– pleas for probation, found appellant guilty of all charges, and assessed punishment as set out above. These appeals followed.
J URISDICTIONAL C HALLENGE In cause nos. 05-18-01545-CR, 05-18- 01546-CR, 05-18-01548-CR, 05-18-01549-CR, and 05-18-01550-CR, appellant contends the trial court l acked jurisdiction to hear the cases and render judgment because the cases were originally presente d for indictment in a different trial court, and there were no written orders transferring the cases to the court that tried them and rendered judgments. 3 When a defendant fails to file a plea to the jurisdiction, he waives any right to complain that a transfer order does not appear in the record. See Mills v. State , 742 S.W.2d 831, 834–35 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1987, no pet.); Lemasurier v. State , 91 S.W.3d 897, 899 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002, pet. ref’d). Appellant did not file a plea to the jurisdiction in any of these cases. Further, even if he had preserved his compla int for our review, this Court has considered and rejected this exact argu ment on numerous occasions and does so again today. See Bourque v.
State , 156 S.W.3d 675, 678 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005, pet. ref’d); Wilson v. State , No. 05-18- 00801-CR, 2019 WL 3491931, at *4 (Tex. App.—Da llas Aug. 1, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op.) (not designated for publication) (compilin g list of recent cases). The 292nd Judicial District Court had jurisdiction to hear appellant’s cas es and render judgments. Accord ingly, we overrule this issue.
S UFFICIENCY OF E VIDENCE In Cause No. 05-18-01547-CR, appellant entered an open plea of guilty to possession of less than one gram of methamphetamine. On appeal, he argues the evidence is insufficient to prove

3 These cases were presented to a grand jury impaneled in either the 265th Judicial District or the Criminal District Court No. 3. Following the returns of the indictments, all of th e cases were filed in the 292nd Judicial District Court, where the cases were tried an d judgments rendered.–4– the substance was methamphetamine because the a rresting officer identified the substance found as “meth.” When a defendant waives his ri ght to a jury trial and pleads guilty, as here, the State is required to introduce evidence showi ng that the defendant is guilty. See T EX
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. art. 1.15. This evidence need not prove the de fendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but it must embrace every essential element of the offense charged. McGill v. State , 200 S.W.3d 325, 330 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006, no pet.). Here, the indi ctment alleged that appellant intentionally and knowingly possessed a controlle d substance, namely methamphetamine, in an amount of less than one gram, including adu lterants and dilutants. See T EX
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. § 481.115(a), (b) (providing the person commits an offense by possessing c ontrolled substance in Penalty Group 1 and designa ting the offense as a stat e jail felony if the am ount is “less than one gram”); § 481.102(6) (listing methamphetamine as substance included in Penalty Group 1). Appellant cites no authority for the proposition that the officer’s use of the term “meth” for methamphetamine rendered the evidence insufficient to support a guilty plea. The term “meth” as slang or as a substitute for “methamphetamine ” has been used in hundred s of criminal cases in
Texas. See e.g., Hughitt v. State , PD-0275-18, 2019 WL 4656010, at *1 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 25, 2019) (referring to “one gram of meth” in case where defendant charged with engaging in organized criminal activity based on predicate offe nse of possession of controlled substance with intent to deliver). Additionally, “met h” is defined as methamphetamine. See Meth, M ERRIAM
W EBSTER , https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meth (last visited Nov. 12, 2019). Thus, the common usage of the term leads us to conclu de that the officer’s te stimony identifying the drug as “meth” was sufficient to pr ove the drug was methamphetamine. In addition to the officer’s testimony, appellan t signed a judicial c onfession. A judicial confession, standing alone, is sufficient to support a guilty plea as long as it covers every element–5– of the charged offense. Menefee v. State , 287 S.W.3d 9, 13 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). The record contains appellant’s signed, writ ten, judicial confession. In the document, appellant “confess[ed]” to the following facts, which he stipulated were “true and correct” and were evidence in the case: [O]n or about the 8th day of February, 2018, in Dallas County, Texas, I did then and there intentionally and knowingly possess a controll ed substance, to-wit: METHAMPHETAMINE, in an amount of less than one gram, including adulterants and dilutants[.] I further confess that I committed the offens e with which I stand charged exactly as alleged in the indictment in this case. Appellant’s judicial confession tracks the la nguage of the indictment and addresses each element of the offense and is therefore sufficient to support his plea of guilty to the offense. 4 Accordingly, we overrule appellant’s issue. We affirm the trial court’s judgments.

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4 The judicial confession was not formally offered into evidence at the sentencing hearing, but it was approved by the magistrat e judge at the plea hearing and appears in the appellate record. Accordingly, we conclude it is some eviden ce supporting appellant’s plea of guilty. See Chamberlain v. State , No. 07-14-00011-CR, 2015 WL 1743478, at *6 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Apr. 16, 2015, pet. ref’d) (not designated for publication) (concluding judicial confession sufficient to support guilty plea ev en when trial court did not sign document cont aining judicial confession and document was not offered into evidence, referred to , or otherwise recognized by judicial notice at any time duri ng plea hearing). /Amanda L. Reichek/ AMANDA L. REICHEK JUSTICE–6– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS ANGEL RUEDA, Appellant
No. 05-18-01545-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-51915-V. Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek; Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019–7– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS ANGEL RUEDA, Appellant
No. 05-18-01546-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-51916-V. Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek; Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019–8– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS ANGEL RUEDA, Appellant
No. 05-18-01547-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-51917-V. Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek; Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019–9– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS ANGEL RUEDA, Appellant
No. 05-18-01548-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-75237-V; Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek. Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019–10– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS ANGEL RUEDA, Appellant
No. 05-18-01549-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-75268-V. Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek; Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019.–11– 

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
LUIS RUEDAMARES, Appellant
No. 05-18-01550-CR V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F18-24000-V. Opinion delivered by Justice Reichek; Justices Molberg and Evans participating. Based on the Court’s opinion of this da te, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED

. Judgment entered November 22, 2019.