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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 16, 2007

Dismissed
and Memorandum Opinion filed August 16, 2007.
 
In The
 
Fourteenth Court of
Appeals
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NO. 14-07-00649-CR
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CARLOS ALBERTO RAMIREZ, Appellant
 
V.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 

 
On Appeal from the
180th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1088733
 

 
M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N
Appellant
entered a guilty plea to aggravated assault of a family member.  Appellant and
the State agreed that appellant=s punishment would not exceed confinement in prison for more
than fifteen years.  In accordance with the terms of this agreement with the
State, the trial court sentenced appellant on June 15, 2007, to confinement for
fifteen years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.  Appellant filed a timely, written notice of appeal.  

We must
dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).  An
agreement that places a cap on punishment is a plea bargain for purposes of
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(a)(2).  Shankle v. State, 119
S.W.3d 808, 813 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (stating sentence-bargaining may include
a recommended Acap@ on sentencing); see also Waters v. State, 124 S.W.3d 825, 826-27
(Tex. App.CHouston [14th Dist.] 2003, pet. ref=d) (holding reviewing court lacked
jurisdiction where defendant pled guilty with ten-year sentencing cap, even
though trial judge mistakenly certified defendant had a right of appeal);  Threadgill
v. State, 120 S.W.3d 871, 872 (Tex. App.CHouston [1st Dist.] 2003, no. pet.)
(holding statement in record indicating that there was no agreed recommendation
did not convert proceeding into an open plea where plea was entered pursuant to
agreed sentencing cap).
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 trial court=s certification is included in the record on appeal.  See
Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).  The
record supports the trial court=s certification.  See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610,
615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).
Accordingly,
we dismiss the appeal.  
 
PER CURIAM
 
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed August
16, 2007.
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices
Anderson and Seymore.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P.
47.2(b).