Court Opinion

ID: 4523711
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-04-08 22:15:07.65823+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:17.637078
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-20-00081-CR
                               NO. 09-20-00082-CR
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                    JERMAINE JOSEPH DAVIS, Appellant

                                          V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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              On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                 Trial Cause Nos. 18-30509, 18-30510
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On January 21, 2020, the trial court sentenced appellant Jermaine Joseph

Davis on convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a

child. Davis filed a notice of appeal in both cases on March 4, 2020. 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 waived the right of appeal.

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See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). The district clerk has provided the trial court’s

certifications to the Court of Appeals.

      On March 5, 2020, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeals

unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeals. Davis filed a

response in each case, but he 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.

                                                            PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 7, 2020
Opinion Delivered April 8, 2020
Do Not Publish

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

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