Court Opinion

ID: 9895196
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Date Created: 2023-11-06 13:11:53.418777+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:39.942214
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In the
         Court of Appeals
 Second Appellate District of Texas
          at Fort Worth
      ___________________________

           No. 02-23-00263-CR
      ___________________________

GLADYS MARIA GRAHAM-O’DELL, Appellant

                     V.

          THE STATE OF TEXAS

   On Appeal from the 396th District Court
          Tarrant County, Texas
         Trial Court No. 1778821

   Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ.
   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Appellant Gladys Maria Graham-O’Dell (Graham) attempts to appeal an order

of deferred adjudication for the offense of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. 1

See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.04(b)(2)(A). The record reflects that Graham was

placed on deferred adjudication pursuant to a written plea agreement. Under that

written plea agreement, Graham waived her right to appeal. The “Trial Court’s

Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal” in this case states that this “is a plea-

bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.”               See Tex. R. App.

P. 25.2(a)(2), (d).

       On October 6, 2023, we notified Graham of the certification and warned her

that we would dismiss the appeal unless we received a response by October 16, 2023,

showing grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 44.3.

Graham did not file a response.          Thus, in accordance with the trial court’s

certification, we dismiss Graham’s appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f); see, e.g.,

Brewer v. State, No. 02-22-00253-CR, 2023 WL 2534623, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort

Worth Mar. 16, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

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       In her notice of appeal, Appellant refers to herself as “Gladys Maria Graham-
O’Dell.” The defendant listed in the underlying order of deferred adjudication,
however, is listed as “Glady Maria Graham.” We will simply refer to Appellant as
“Graham.”

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                                  /s/ Dana Womack

                                  Dana Womack
                                  Justice

Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: November 2, 2023

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