Court Opinion

ID: 9406607
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-01 18:10:30.918152+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:31.633176
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NUMBER 13-23-00240-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

JIMMY CERVANTES,                                                              Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

             On appeal from the 107th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
                   Before Justices Tijerina, Silva, and Peña
                    Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva

      Appellant filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal a judgment in trial court

cause number 2021-DCR-84-A. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

      Upon review of the documents filed, the trial court has certified that this “is a plea

bargain case, and the [d]efendant has NO right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).

On June 7, 2023, the Court ordered appellant’s counsel to review the record and
determine whether appellant had a right to appeal. On June 21, 2023, appellant’s counsel

responded stating that the notice of appeal was filed only out of an abundance of caution.

Appellant’s counsel, after reviewing the record and speaking with trial counsel, reached

the conclusion that the trial certificate was correct, and that appellant does not have the

right of appeal.

       The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed

if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.

TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d), 37.1, 44.3. Accordingly, this case is dismissed for want of

jurisdiction.

                                                               CLARISSA SILVA
                                                               Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed on the
29th day of June, 2023

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