Court Opinion

ID: 3196482
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-04-21 15:16:55.585838+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:53.259686
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-16-00069-CR
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                        DAVID CARL SMITH, Appellant

                                          V.

                  THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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              On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                        Jefferson County, Texas
                  Trial Cause Nos. 15-21275, 16-23974
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On January 12, 2016, the trial court sentenced David Carl Smith on a

conviction for reckless manslaughter. Smith filed a notice of appeal on March 2,

2016. 1 The district clerk has provided the trial court’s certification to the Court of

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       Smith filed his notice of appeal from trial cause number 15-21275.
However, the information received from the trial court clerk indicates that cause
number 15-21275 was dismissed, and this Court sent a letter to Smith inquiring
about whether he actually intended to appeal from trial cause number 16-23974, in
which the judgment of conviction was entered. Smith did not respond to the
Court’s letter.
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Appeals. The trial court certified that this is a plea-bargain case and the defendant

has no right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

      On March 24, 2016, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal

unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. No response has

been filed. Because the record does not contain a certification that shows the

defendant has the right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P.

25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                        ________________________________
                                               STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                   Chief Justice

Submitted on April 19, 2016
Opinion Delivered April 20, 2016
Do Not Publish

Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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