Court Opinion

ID: 4154560
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-03-22 11:12:46.2077+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:23:10.653568
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IN THE
                          TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                 No. 10-17-00018-CR

SHANNON LEIGH LACKEY,
                                                             Appellant
v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                             Appellee

                          From the 272nd District Court
                               Brazos County, Texas
                         Trial Court No. 13-04696-CRF-272

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Shannon Leigh Lackey attempts to appeal from her conviction for the offense of

theft. The amended certificate of right to appeal indicates that that this is a plea bargain

case and that Lackey waived her right to appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). On March 6,

2017, Lackey filed an emergency motion for stay of sentencing pending appeal. That

motion is dismissed as moot.
        Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 1

                                                 AL SCOGGINS
                                                 Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Davis, and
       Justice Scoggins
(Chief Justice Gray dissents with a note)*
Appeal dismissed; motion dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed March 20, 2017
Do not publish
[CR25]

        *Chief Justice Gray dissents. A separate opinion will not issue. He notes,
however, that he believes the certificate of the right to appeal that indicates that the
defendant waived the right to appeal is not supported by the record. He would direct
the trial court to correct the certificate of the right to appeal to reflect that the defendant
did not waive the right to appeal adverse decisions on pretrial motions, as part of the plea
bargain agreement and because the internal inconsistency in the admonition and plea
papers should yield in favor of preserving the right to appeal if it is not clearly and
unambiguously waived. Because the majority dismisses these appeals Chief Justice Gray
respectfully dissents.

1A motion for rehearing may be filed within 15 days after the judgment or order of this Court is rendered.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 49.1. If the appellant desires to have the decision of this Court reviewed by filing a
petition for discretionary review, that petition must be filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals within 30
days after either the day the court of appeals’ judgment was rendered or the day the last timely motion for
rehearing was overruled by the court of appeals. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2(a).

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