Court Opinion

ID: 2840864
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-03 00:30:37.819928+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:55:11.595023
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-06-00970-CR
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ALEJANDRO DUQUE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 248th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1052313

MEMORANDUM  OPINION
	Appellant, Alejandro Duque, pleaded guilty to the felony offense of aggravated
sexual assault of a child with an agreement from the State that his punishment would
not exceed confinement for 45 years.  The trial court sentenced appellant to
confinement for 45 years.  We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
	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 obtaining the trial court's permission
to appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).  An agreement to a punishment cap is a plea
agreement within the meaning of Rule 25.2(a)(2).  Threadgill v. State, 120 S.W.3d
871, 872 (Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet.); Waters v. State, 124 S.W.3d
825, 826 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet.).
	Here, the trial court's certification of appellant's right to appeal states that this
is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right to appeal.  The record supports the
certification.  We must dismiss an appeal if the trial court's certification shows there
is no right to appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
	Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack, Jennings, and Bland.
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).