Court Opinion

ID: 4015452
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-13 20:21:12.302975+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:55.714651
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                NO. 09-16-00151-CR
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                    MARTIN JOSEPH LEONARD, Appellant

                                           V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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              On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 16-24483
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On April 1, 2016, the trial court sentenced Leonard on a conviction for

evading arrest or detention. Leonard filed an amended notice of appeal on May 31,

2016. The trial court entered a certification of the defendant’s right to appeal, in

which the court certified that this is a plea-bargain case 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 certification to the Court of Appeals.

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      On June 6, 2016, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal

unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. No response has

been filed. Because the record does not contain a certification that shows the

defendant has the right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P.

25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                      ________________________________
                                             CHARLES KREGER
                                                   Justice

Submitted on July 12, 2016
Opinion Delivered July 13, 2016
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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