Court Opinion

ID: 2835917
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-02 20:28:52.862916+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:09:12.074139
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-03-00838-CR
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DEMAUAS RODRIEGUS SPENCER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 339th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 955171

 
MEMORANDUM  OPINION
               Appellant pleaded guilty to indecency with a child and, in accordance with
the plea bargain agreement between appellant and the State, the trial court sentenced
appellant to confinement for five years.  Timely notice of appeal was filed.  We
dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
               Rule 25.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that, in a
plea-bargained case in which the punishment assessed does not exceed the plea
agreement, a defendant may appeal only those matters that were raised by written
motion filed and ruled on before trial, or after getting the trial court’s permission to
appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).
               The trial court’s certification of defendant’s right to appeal in this case
states that this is a plea-bargained case and the defendant has no right to appeal.  We
must dismiss an appeal unless the record includes a certification that shows the
appellant has the right of appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
               We also note that appellant waived his right to appeal.  See Buck v. State,
45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.).
               Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Hedges, Nuchia, and Higley.
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).