Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-26 06:10:30.895432+00
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Opinion filed August 24, 2023

                                      In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                    ___________

                                No. 11-23-00132-CR
                                    ___________

              MICHAEL ANTHONY PAREDES, Appellant
                                        V.
                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the 42nd District Court
                            Taylor County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 30426-A

                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Appellant, Michael Anthony Paredes, entered into a plea agreement with the
State whereby Appellant pleaded guilty to the second-degree felony offense of
assault family violence. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(b-3) (West Supp 2022).
In accordance with the terms of the negotiated plea agreement, the trial court
sentenced Appellant to five years’ imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a notice of appeal. We
dismiss the appeal.
         This court notified Appellant by letter that, in its certification of Appellant’s
right to appeal, the trial court certified that this is a plea bargain case in which
Appellant has no right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d); see also TEX.
CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West 2018). We requested that Appellant
respond and show grounds to continue the appeal, but we have not received a
response from Appellant.
         Rule 25.2(a)(2) provides that, in a plea bargain case in which the punishment
imposed does not exceed the punishment agreed to in the plea bargain agreement, “a
defendant may appeal only: (A) those matters that were raised by written motion
filed and ruled on before trial, (B) after getting the trial court’s permission to appeal,
or (C) where the specific appeal is expressly authorized by statute.” TEX. R.
APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). Subsections (A), (B), and (C) are inapplicable here. We note
that Rule 25.2 does not permit a plea-bargaining defendant to appeal matters related
to the voluntariness of the plea bargain unless the defendant has obtained the trial
court’s permission to appeal. See Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 83 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2001); Carender v. State, 155 S.W.3d 929, 931 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005, no
pet.).
         The documents on file in this appeal show that Appellant negotiated a plea
bargain agreement with the State, that his punishment was assessed in accordance
with the term of the plea bargain, and that he waived his right of appeal. The trial
court certified that Appellant has no right of appeal. Both the plea bargain agreement
and the trial court’s certification were signed by Appellant, Appellant’s trial counsel,
and the judge of the trial court. The documents on file in this court support the trial
court’s certification. See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 613–14 (Tex. Crim. App.

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2005). Accordingly, we must dismiss this appeal without further action. TEX. R.
APP. P. 25.2(d); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).
      This appeal is dismissed.

                                               W. STACY TROTTER
                                               JUSTICE

August 24, 2023
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

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