Court Opinion

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Opinion issued February 2, 2016

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                     For The

                          First District of Texas
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                              NO. 01-15-01103-CR
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              CHARLES GUS SIDIROPOULOS, JR., Appellant
                                        V.
                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 149th District Court
                          Brazoria County, Texas
                        Trial Court Case No. 74018

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Charles Gus Sidiropoulos, Jr., pled guilty to the misdemeanor

offense of resisting arrest, search and transport. The trial court found appellant

guilty and, in accordance with the terms of appellant’s plea bargain agreement with
the State, sentenced appellant to 365 days in the Harris County Jail, with credit for

time served of 440 days. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal.

      In a plea bargain case, a defendant may only appeal those matters that were

raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial or after getting the trial

court’s permission to appeal. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West

2006); TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). An appeal must be dismissed if a certification

showing that the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the

record. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

      Here, the trial court’s certification is included in the record on appeal. See id.

The trial court’s certification states that this is a plea bargain case and that the

defendant has no right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The record

supports the trial court’s certification. See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 615

(Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Because appellant has no right of appeal, we must

dismiss this appeal. See Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App.

2006) (“A court of appeals, while having jurisdiction to ascertain whether an

appellant who plea-bargained is permitted to appeal by Rule 25.2(a)(2), must

dismiss a prohibited appeal without further action, regardless of the basis for the

appeal.”).

      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss any
pending motions as moot.

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                                 PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Massengale and Brown.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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