Court Opinion

ID: 9383286
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-03-30 07:09:07.66439+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:44.802841
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COURT OF APPEALS
                                 EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                      EL PASO, TEXAS

 FERNANDO GARCIA,                                  §                No. 08-23-00005-CR

                                Appellant,         §                  Appeal from the

 v.                                                §                327th District Court

 THE STATE OF TEXAS,                               §              of El Paso County, Texas

                                Appellee.          §                (TC# 20220D04326)

                                            OPINION

       Fernando Garcia, Appellant, was convicted of driving while intoxicated. TEX. PENAL

CODE. ANN. 49.09(b). The trial court indicated in the court’s certification of defendant’s right to

appeal that this is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has no right of appeal. The certification,

which was signed on December 13, 2022, includes the signatures of the trial judge, Appellant, and

Appellant’s trial counsel. On January 12, 2023, Appellant filed a notice of appeal.

       By letter dated February 28, 2023, the Clerk of this Court requested that counsel for

Appellant address whether Appellant has a right of appeal. On March 23, 2023, counsel for

Appellant responded by filing a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 42.2 of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure. Accordingly, we grant the motion, and the appeal is hereby dismissed. TEX.

R. APP. P. 42.2.
                                             LISA J. SOTO, Justice

March 29, 2023

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, JJ.

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