Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-02 22:51:47.78725+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:38:01.151087
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-05-00157-CR
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ANDREW PIERRE WASHINGTON, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 183rd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1009547 

 
MEMORANDUM  OPINION
               Appellant was indicted for the offense of capital murder and pleaded guilty
to the reduced offense of murder.  In accordance with the plea bargain agreement, the
trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for life.  Appellant filed a timely notice
of appeal.  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.  Griffin v. State, 145 S.W.3d 645, 648-49 (Tex. Crim. App.
2004); Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 80 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(a)(2).
               The trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal in this case states
that this is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right to appeal.  The record
supports the correctness of the certification.  Dears  v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 614-15
(Tex.  Crim. App. 2005).  We must dismiss an appeal if the trial court’s certification
shows there is no right to appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
               We note that appellant also waived his right to appeal.  See Buck v. State,
45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.).
               Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Taft, Keyes and Hanks. 
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).