Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-12-02 06:10:30.634604+00
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Opinion issued December 1, 2015

                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                                      For The

                          First District of Texas
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                               NO. 01-15-00127-CR
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                    CANDANCE NICOLE MAXI, Appellant
                                         V.
                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 185th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Case No. 1421350

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Candance Nicole Maxi, pled guilty to the offense of theft. In

accordance with Maxi’s plea bargain with the State, the trial court entered an order,
deferring adjudication of guilt and placing her on four years of community

supervision. On April 3, 2015, Maxi filed a notice of appeal.1

      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.”).

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      Appellant’s notice of appeal is also untimely. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a).
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      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Higley, Huddle, and Lloyd.

Do not publish.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

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