Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 01:29:55.966206+00
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-13-00051-CR
                               NO. 09-13-00052-CR
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                      JUAN CARLOS ABARCA, Appellant

                                          V.

                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                    On Appeal from the 252nd District Court
                            Jefferson County, Texas
                    Trial Cause Nos. 10-09734 and 11-12516
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On January 7, 2013, the trial court sentenced Juan Carlos Abarca on

convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child.

Abarca filed notices of appeal on January 29, 2013. The trial court entered

certifications of the defendant’s right to appeal in which the court certified that

these are plea-bargain cases 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 certifications to

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the Court of Appeals. On January 30, 2013, we notified the parties that we would

dismiss the appeals unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the

appeals. The appellant filed a response but failed to establish that the trial court’s

certifications should be amended. Because the records do not contain certifications

that show the defendant has the right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeals. See

Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals.

      APPEALS DISMISSED.

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                                                        HOLLIS HORTON
                                                             Justice

Opinion Delivered March 6, 2013
Do Not Publish
Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ.

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