Court Opinion

ID: 3074489
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Date Created: 2015-10-16 01:02:27.345132+00
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NUMBER 13-14-00755-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

IGNACIO GUZMAN JR.,                                                         Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

                    On appeal from the 156th District Court
                           of Bee County, Texas.

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
               Before Justices Benavides, Perkes, and Longoria
                      Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Ignacio Guzman Jr., attempts to appeal his conviction for driving while

intoxicated.   The trial court has 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).
       On January 5, 2015, this Court notified appellant’s counsel of the trial court’s

certification and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether

appellant has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings

as to whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the

existence of any amended certification.

       On January 21, 2015, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court.         Counsel’s

response does not establish that the certification currently on file with this Court is

incorrect or that appellant otherwise has a right to appeal. It also indicates that appellant

no longer wishes to pursue his appeal.

       The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed

if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.

TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Accordingly, this appeal is

DISMISSED.

                                                                       PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the
26th day of February, 2015.

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