Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-11-14 05:06:41.240036+00
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Opinion issued November 13, 2014

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                     For The

                          First District of Texas
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                              NO. 01-14-00570-CR
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                    JOKOBAI ZANTA LINTON, Appellant
                                        V.
                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 240th District Court
                          Fort Bend County, Texas
                    Trial Court Case No. 12-DCR-061313

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Jokobai Zanta Linton, pleaded guilty to the felony offense of

burglary of a habitation. See TEX. PENAL     CODE   ANN. § 30.02 (West 2011). The

trial court found appellant guilty of the charge, and, in accordance with the terms

of appellant’s plea bargain agreements with the State, sentenced appellant to
confinement for 10 years. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal. We dismiss

the appeal.

      In a plea bargain case, a defendant may only appeal 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. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West

2006); TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). An appeal must be dismissed if a certification

showing that the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the

record. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

      Here, the trial court’s certification is included in the record on appeal. See id.

The trial court’s certification states that this is a plea bargain case and that the

defendant has no right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).          The records

support the trial court’s certification. See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 615

(Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Further, Linton signed a waiver of his right to appeal,

which is also part of the record. Because appellant has no right of appeal, we must

dismiss the appeal. See Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App.

2006) (“A court of appeals, while having jurisdiction to ascertain whether an

appellant who plea-bargained is permitted to appeal by Rule 25.2(a)(2), must

dismiss a prohibited appeal without further action, regardless of the basis for the

appeal.”).

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      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Bland and Huddle.

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

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