NOS. 12-19-00210-CR

12-19-00211-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

TYLER, TEXAS

CHARNA MAELEAN SUTTON, 

APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

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APPEALS FROM THE

COUNTY COURT

UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

A jury convicted Charna Maelean Sutton of driving while license invalid and displaying 

wrong, fictitious, altered, or obscured insignia. Appellant appealed.

To be sufficient to invoke the appellate court’s full jurisdiction, the notice of appeal filed 

by an appellant in a criminal case must bear the trial court’s certification of the appellant’s right to 

appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). The certification should be part of the record when the notice 

is filed, but may be added by timely amendment or supplementation. Id. In this case, Appellant’s 

notice of appeal does not include the required certification. Nor does the clerk’s record in either 

case contain a certification. 

On May 29, 2019, this Court notified Appellant that the clerk’s record failed to contain the 

trial court’s certification of Appellant’s right of appeal specifically required by Texas Rule of 

Appellate Procedure 25.2(d). The notice warned that, unless a supplemental clerk’s record was 

filed with this Court in compliance with Rule 25.2(d), on or before June 10, the appeals would be 

referred to the Court for dismissal.

The deadline for responding to this Court’s notice has expired, and the clerk’s record has 

not been amended to show Appellant’s right to appeal in either case. Therefore, the appeals are
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dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(f); see also Nyameteh v. State, No. 

12-16-00080-CR, 2016 WL 2766108 (Tex. App.—Tyler May 11, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op., not 

designated for publication).

Opinion delivered June 19, 2019.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J., and Neeley, J.

(DO NOT PUBLISH)
COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

JUDGMENT

JUNE 19, 2019

NO. 12-19-00210-CR

CHARNA MAELEAN SUTTON,

Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

Appeal from the County Court 

of Upshur County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 39674)

THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record; and the same being 

considered, it is the opinion of this Court that this appeal should be dismissed. 

It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this Court that this 

appeal be, and the same is, hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction; and that this decision be 

certified to the court below for observance. 

By per curiam opinion. Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.
COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

JUDGMENT

JUNE 19, 2019

NO. 12-19-00211-CR

CHARNA MAELEAN SUTTON,

Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

Appeal from the County Court 

of Upshur County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 39675)

THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record; and the same being 

considered, it is the opinion of this Court that this appeal should be dismissed. 

It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this Court that this 

appeal be, and the same is, hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction; and that this decision be 

certified to the court below for observance. 

By per curiam opinion. Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.