Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 07:28:55.400951+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                      San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                         No. 04-13-00513-CR

                                          Neri MARTINEZ,
                                               Appellant

                                                v.
                                           The STATE of
                                        The STATE of Texas,
                                              Appellee

                     From the 175th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                   Trial Court No. 2013CR1084
                            Honorable Mary D. Roman, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
                  Karen Angelini, Justice
                  Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

Delivered and Filed: September 25, 2013

DISMISSED

           Neri Martinez entered into a plea bargain with the State, pursuant to which he pled guilty

to felon in possession of a firearm. The State agreed to recommend punishment of five years’

imprisonment and a fine of $1,500; however, the agreement also provided that if Martinez failed

to appear at the June 17, 2013 sentencing hearing, he would be exposed to the full range of

punishment (two to twenty years’ imprisonment). As part of his plea bargain, Martinez also signed

a separate “Waiver of Appeal.” The record reflects Martinez failed to appear on June 17, 2013,

for sentencing. The trial court forfeited Martinez’s bond, and when he subsequently appeared, the
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trial court sentenced him to eight years’ imprisonment. The trial court signed a certificate stating

this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal” and “the defendant has

waived the right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). Martinez timely filed a notice of

appeal. The clerk’s record, which includes the trial court’s rule 25.2(a)(2) certification and the

written plea bargain agreement, has been filed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). This court must

dismiss an appeal “if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been

made part of the record.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

       On August 12, 2013, we gave Martinez notice that the appeal would be dismissed unless

written consent to appeal and an amended certification showing he has the right to appeal were

signed by the trial judge and made part of the appellate record by September 11, 2013. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 25.2(d); 37.1; Daniels v. State, 110 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2003, order),

disp. on merits, No. 04-03-00176-CR, 2003 WL 21508347 (July 2, 2003, pet. ref’d) (not

designated for publication). Neither written permission to appeal nor an amended certification

showing Martinez has the right to appeal has been filed. We therefore dismiss this appeal.

                                                 PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

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