Court Opinion

ID: 9391079
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-29 17:10:43.745881+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:39.338805
License: Public Domain

NUMBER 13-23-00079-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

FRANCISCO PEREZ,                                                               Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

             On appeal from the 464th District Court
                   of Hidalgo County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
            Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Tijerina
                Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

      Appellant filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal a judgment in trial court

case number CR-5243-19-L. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

      Upon review of the documents filed, the trial court has certified that this “is a plea-

bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal” and that the “defendant has

waived the right to appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On February 27, 2023, the
Court ordered appellant’s counsel to review the record and determine whether appellant

had a right to appeal. On March 14, 2023, appellant’s counsel responded concluding that

the trial court certification was correct, and appellant had waived his right to appeal and

did not have permission from the trial court to appeal. Additionally, appellant’s counsel

requested to be withdrawn from this case.

       The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed

if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.

TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3. Accordingly, this case, along with

counsel’s motion to withdraw, are dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                        JAIME TIJERINA
                                                                        Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed on the
27th day of April, 2023.

                                             2