Court Opinion

ID: 6215567
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-07 08:21:41.863899+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:57:04.563657
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NUMBER 13-21-00426-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

KIRK JOHN NORTHUP,                                                           Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

              On appeal from the 36th District Court
                   of Aransas County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Hinojosa, Tijerina, and Silva
                 Memorandum Opinion by Justice Hinojosa

       Appellant filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal a conviction of forgery of a

financial instrument. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

       Sentence in this matter was imposed with a judgment of conviction entered on

November 17, 2021. Upon review of the documents filed, the trial court has certified that

this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal” without permission
of the Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On December 3, 2021, the Court ordered

appellant’s counsel to review the record and determine whether appellant had a right to

appeal. In response, appellant’s counsel filed a letter indicating appellant has no right to

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 for want of jurisdiction.

                                                               LETICIA HINOJOSA
                                                               Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed on the
3rd day of February, 2022.

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