Court Opinion

ID: 2836890
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Date Created: 2015-09-02 21:46:00.537351+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:32.264588
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-04-00873-CR
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LEON DeCHARLES JONES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 185th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 975244

 
MEMORANDUM  OPINION
               Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of possession of more than 400
grams of codeine.  As part of the plea bargain agreement, the State moved to abandon
an enhancement paragraph that stated appellant had a prior felony conviction.  In
accordance with the plea bargain agreement, the trial court sentenced appellant to
confinement for five years.  Appellant filed a timely pro se notice of appeal.  We
dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
               In a plea-bargained case in which the punishment assessed does not exceed
the plea agreement, a defendant may appeal only those matters that were raised by
written motion filed and ruled on before trial, or after obtaining the trial court’s
permission to appeal.  Griffin v. State,145 S.W.3d 645, 648-49 (Tex. Crim. App.
2004); Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 80 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(a)(2).
               The trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal in this case states
that this is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right to appeal.  The record
supports the certification.  We must dismiss an appeal if the trial court’s certification
shows there is no right to appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
               Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
               All pending motions are denied as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack, and Justices Keyes and Alcala.
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).