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02-13-007 & 008-CR

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
NO. 02-13-00007-CR
 
 

William
  Ernest Washington
 
 
 
v.
 
 
 
The
  State of Texas

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From the 371st District
  Court
 
of
  Tarrant County (1288512D)
 
February
  14, 2013
 
Per
  Curiam
 
(nfp)

 
JUDGMENT
          This
court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that the
appeal should be dismissed.  It is ordered that the appeal is dismissed for want
of jurisdiction.
 
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
 
 
PER CURIAM

 
 
 
 

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
NO.  02-13-00007-CR
NO.  02-13-00008-CR
 
 

WILLIAM ERNEST WASHINGTON

 

APPELLANT

 
V.
 

The State of Texas

 

STATE

 
 
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FROM THE 371ST District Court OF
Tarrant COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM
OPINION[1]
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Appellant
William Ernest Washington attempts to appeal following his pleas of guilty to third-degree
felony violations of civil commitment requirements for sexually violent
predators.  See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 841.085(a), (b)
(West 2010).  Following the plea agreements, the trial court sentenced
Appellant to four years’ incarceration in each case.
The
trial court’s certifications of Appellant’s right to appeal state in each case that
this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.”  See
Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).  On January 10, 2013, we notified Appellant that these
appeals could be dismissed unless he or any party desiring to continue the
appeals filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeals.  Appellant
filed a pro se request for an extension to respond to our jurisdictional
inquiry, but Appellant’s court-appointed attorney has not filed a response.
The
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure are clear that in a plea-bargain case, an
appellant 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.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).  Because the trial court’s
certifications reflect that Appellant has no right of appeal, we deny
Appellant’s request for an extension of time to respond to our jurisdictional
inquiry and dismiss these appeals for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R.
App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 43.2(f).
 
PER CURIAM
 
PANEL: 
GARDNER,
WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.
 
DO
NOT PUBLISH
Tex.
R. App. P. 47.2(b)
 
DELIVERED:  February 14,
2013

[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.