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NUMBER 13-07-612-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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LUCAS MORIN,                                                                  Appellant,

                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                              Appellee.
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           On Appeal from the 156th District Court
                  of Bee County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

     Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza
                   Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Lucas Morin, attempts to appeal his conviction for bail jumping and failure

to appear. The trial court has certified that this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant

has NO right of appeal.” The trial court further certified that appellant waived his right to

appeal. See TEX . R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).
       On November 8, 2007, this Court notified appellant’s counsel of the trial court’s

certification and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether appellant

has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings as to

whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the

existence of any amended certification.

       On January 17, 2008, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court. Counsel’s response

does not establish that the certification currently on file with this Court is incorrect or that

appellant otherwise has a right to appeal.

       The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed

if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.

TEX . R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX . R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Accordingly, this appeal is

DISMISSED. Any pending motions are denied as moot.

                                                   PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
TEX .R.APP.P. 47.2(b)
Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 6th day of March, 2008.

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