Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS

MARCOS RAUL ARREDONDO,

                            Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

                            Appellee.
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No. 08-10-00142-CR

Appeal from the

409th District Court

of El Paso County, Texas

(TC# 20050D04168)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

 Appellant, Marcos Arredondo, was indicted for three counts of indecency with a child. 
Pursuant to plea-bargain agreement with the State, Arredondo pleaded guilty in exchange for the
State's recommendation of ten years' deferred adjudication.  As part of the signed admonishments,
Appellant was advised that if the trial court followed the plea agreement, he would have to obtain
the court's permission before prosecuting an appeal on any matter except for those matters raised
by written motion filed and heard prior to trial.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 26.13(a)(3)
(Vernon Supp. 2009).  The trial court followed the plea agreement and sentenced Appellant to ten
years' deferred adjudication.
	Appellant now attempts to appeal his conviction, claiming that his plea was involuntary. 
However, the trial court's certification states that this was a plea-bargain case and Appellant has no
right of appeal.  Because Appellant is not appealing any pretrial matters ruled upon by the trial court
but instead is attacking the voluntariness of his plea, he was required to first obtain the trial court's
permission to raise such a complaint on appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2); Cooper v. State, 45
S.W.3d 77, 83 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).  Because he did not, we lack jurisdiction to consider it. (1)
	Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.

						GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice

June 30, 2010

Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ.

(Do Not Publish)
1.   We previously asked the parties to address our jurisdiction over the appeal, and Appellant replied,
conceding that we lack jurisdiction given the trial court's certification and the matters he seeks to raise on appeal.