Court Opinion

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Opinion issued December 20, 2016

                                       In The

                                Court of Appeals
                                      For The

                           First District of Texas
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                               NO. 01-16-00715-CR
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                          LUIS OCEGUEDA, Appellant
                                          V.
                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 183rd District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Case No. 1476508

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Luis Ocegueda, pleaded guilty to the offense of robbery. In

accordance with the terms of appellant’s plea bargain agreement with the State, the

trial court sentenced appellant to 5 years’ incarceration in the Institutional Division
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a pro se notice of

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 record supports

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

App. 2005). Because appellant has no right of appeal, we must dismiss this 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.”).

       Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss any
pending motions as moot.

                                    PER CURIAM

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Panel consists of Justices Massengale, Brown, and Huddle.

Do not publish.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

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