Court Opinion

ID: 4208301
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-10-02 18:17:49.611163+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:41:30.717930
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
                             ____________________
                                NO. 09-17-00282-CR
                                NO. 09-17-00283-CR
                             ____________________

                     JAMES HAYDEN MORGAN, Appellant

                                           V.

                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
________________________________________________________________________

                    On Appeal from the 435th District Court
                          Montgomery County, Texas
              Trial Cause Nos. 17-01-00872-CR & 17-02-01989-CR
________________________________________________________________________

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On June 29, 2017, the trial court sentenced James Hayden Morgan on

convictions for burglary of a habitation and arson. Morgan filed a notice of appeal

on July 20, 2017. In each case, the trial court signed a certification in which the 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). The district clerk has provided the trial court’s

certifications to the Court of Appeals. On August 22, 2017, we notified the parties

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that we would dismiss the appeals unless the appellant established that the

certifications are incorrect. The appellant filed a response but failed to establish that

the trial court’s certifications should be amended.         Because the trial court’s

certifications show the defendant does not have the right of appeal, we must dismiss

the appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals.

      APPEALS DISMISSED.

                                               ________________________________
                                                      STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                          Chief Justice

Submitted on September 26, 2017
Opinion Delivered September 27, 2017
Do Not Publish

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

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