Jo hn T. B oy d, C hie f Justice (R et.) , Se v enth Cou rtof Appeal s, si tti ng by 1 ass ig nment. NO. 07-09 -023 8-CR IN THE CO UR T OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL E AU GU ST 3, 2 009

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___ NIT O JIM GUERRA, JR., APPEL LANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 26 4 T H DI ST RI CT COU RT OF B EL L COU NT Y; NO . 632 06; H ON ORABLE MA RTH A J . TR UD O, JU DG E

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____ Before CAMPBE LL a nd HANCOCK, JJ., a nd BO YD , S.J. 1 A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND Follow ing a jury trial, app ellant , Nito Jim Gue rra Jr., w as con v icted o f ev adin g arrest or dete ntion w ith a mo tor v ehicle wi th on e en han cem entand sente nced bythe trial court to 40 y ears i ncarcerati on to the Ins ti tuti onal Div is ion of the Tex as Dep artment of Cr imi nal Jus ti ce. The c ler k’ s record w as filed on J uly 20, 2009.Th e prop er f o rm f o r Ce rtif ication of Defend ant ’s Ri ght of

Appe al is contain ed in 2 Appendi x

D of the 2 009 Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re . 2 Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 25.2 (a )( 2) req uires that a tr ial cour t shal l enter a C erti ficat ion of Defendant’ s R ig ht of Appe al each ti me i t ent ers a j udg ment of g uil t or other appeal abl e order
. T EX . R. A PP . P. 25.2( a) (2 ); H arg eshei mer v . St ate, 182 S. W .3d 906, 911 ( Tex .C ri m.App. 2006)
. An app eal mustbe d is mis sed if the cer ti ficat ion has not been made par

t of the re cord under

the appl ic abl e r ule s. T EX . R. A PP . P. 2 5 .2 (d ). An appel lat e c ourt that has an appe ll ate record tha t i ncl udes a c erti ficat ion i s o bli g ated to re v iew the re cord to asc ertai n w heth e r th e c e rt ific ati on i s d efecti v e. Dea rs v . St ate, 154 S.W .3d 6 10, 6 15 ( Tex .C ri m.App. 2005)
. Pursuantto Rul e 25. 2( d) , t he c erti ficat ion of defe ndant’ s r ig ht of appea l must be si g ned by

the defendant and a c opy m u st be g iv en to hi m. T EX . R. A PP . P. 25. 2(d). Addi ti onal ly , the cer

ti ficat ion shal l inc lud e a noti ce that the d efendant has been infor med of his rig hts concer nin g appeal, as w ell as his ri g ht to f il e a pr o s e pet ition for discretion ary re vie w. 2 T he ce rt if ication conta ined in the clerk’s record doe s not con tain th e de fend ant ’s si g nature. Fur

ther more, i t doe s n ot re flect w hether a c opy of the c erti ficat ion w as g iv en to t h e d e fe n d a n tn o r

d o e s i ti n d i c a t e w h e t h e r t h e d e fe n d a n tw a s g i v e n t h e re q u i r ed admoni shment s. Ther efore, the c erti ficat ion on fil e i s d efecti v e. Con seq uentl y , we a b a te t his appeal and re mand the ca use to t he tr ial co urt for f urthe r proceed ings. U pon rema nd, the trial court shall utiliz e w hat ever mean s nece ssary3

to secu re a Certif ication of Defend ant ’s Ri ght of App eal i n com pliance w ith Rule 25 .2(d). Once prope rly

ex ecut ed, t he certif ication sh all b e include d in a supp lem ent al clerk’s record and fil ed w it h the C ler k o f this C our t on or before Aug ust31, 2009. This order

consti tutes notic e to all parti es of the defecti v e cert ific ati on pursuantto Rul e 37. 1 of the Tex as Rul es of Ap p e lla te P ro cedure. See T EX . R. A PP . P
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. I f a suppl emental cl er k’ s rec ord c ontai nin g a proper ce rt ific ati on i s n ot fil ed i n ac cordance w it h thi s o rd er , t his matte r w il l b e r e f e rre d t o the C our t for dis mis sal
. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 25. 2(d). It is so ordered. Per C ur iam

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