Court Opinion

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In The
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                  No. 06-14-00026-CR

         RHONDA JEAN FARMER, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

         On Appeal from the 124th District Court
                 Gregg County, Texas
               Trial Court No. 42604-A

       Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
         Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter
                                MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Rhonda Jean Farmer was convicted by a Gregg County jury of theft of stolen property

having a value greater than or equal to $1,500.00, but less than $20,000.00. After the jury

returned its guilty verdict, Farmer and the State entered into a post-conviction negotiated plea

agreement recommending a sentence of two years’ incarceration in a state jail facility, suspended

for a term of four years’ community supervision. The trial court accepted the post-conviction

negotiated plea agreement and sentenced Farmer in accordance with the terms of that agreement.

As a part of her agreement with the State, Farmer waived, among other things, her right to file an

appeal. Notwithstanding that waiver, Farmer filed a notice of appeal.

       On our review of the clerk’s record, we noted that the trial court certified that Farmer had

waived her right of appeal. By letter dated May 16, 2014, we informed Farmer of this potential

jurisdictional defect and afforded her ten days in which to respond. We received no response

from Farmer to our May 16 correspondence.

       Rule 25.2(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure states that an “appeal must be

dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made

part of the record under these rules.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).          Because the trial court’s

certification indicates that Farmer waived her right of appeal and because the record before us

contains nothing to suggest that the certification is incorrect, see Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610,

615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005), we must dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

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      We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                               Jack Carter
                                               Justice

Date Submitted:      June 4, 2014
Date Decided:        June 5, 2014

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