Court Opinion

ID: 4278761
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-05-25 22:44:46.856413+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:07:21.087835
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In The

                                  Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
                             ____________________
                                NO. 09-18-00162-CR
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                  DAMIEN LATERELL HOLLINS, Appellant

                                           V.

                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                     On Appeal from the 435th District Court
                          Montgomery County, Texas
                        Trial Cause No. 12-08-08288-CR
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 18, 2013, the trial court sentenced Damien Laterell Hollins on a

conviction for aggravated robbery. Hollins filed a notice of appeal on April 19, 2018.

The trial court signed a certification in which the court certified that this is a plea-

bargain case and the defendant has no right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

The district clerk has provided the trial court’s certification to the Court of Appeals.

      On April 25, 2018, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal

unless the appellant established that the certification is incorrect. In a separate notice

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we notified the parties that the notice of appeal was filed outside the time for which

an extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App.

P. 26.2(a)(1), 26.3. The appellant did not file a response to this Court’s notices.

      “The appeal must be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has

the right of appeal has not been made part of the record under these rules.” Tex. R.

App. P. 25.2(d). Furthermore, a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days of

the date of sentencing and no extension may be granted unless a notice of appeal and

a motion for extension of time is filed within fifteen days of the deadline for filing

the notice of appeal. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1), 26.3. Accordingly, we dismiss the

appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

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                                                       HOLLIS HORTON
                                                             Justice

Submitted on May 22, 2018
Opinion Delivered May 23, 2018
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Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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