Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-14 12:09:07.900006+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                    San Antonio, Texas
                                        February 13, 2023

                                       No. 04-23-00087-CR

                                  Anthony Napoleon BOWEN,
                                          Appellant

                                                 v.

                                      The STATE of Texas,
                                            Appellee

                   From the 290th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                 Trial Court No. 2020CR9333
                            Honorable Jennifer Pena, Judge Presiding

                                          ORDER
        Appellant pled nolo contendre to the charged offense and was sentenced within the terms
of a plea bargain. Appellant thereafter filed a notice of appeal. The trial court’s Certification of
Defendant’s Right of Appeal states this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right
of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The clerk’s record contains a written plea bargain and
a written waiver of appeal, and the punishment assessed did not exceed the punishment
recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by appellant; therefore, the trial court’s
certification accurately reflects that appellant’s case is a plea bargain case and appellant does not
have a right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).

        “In a plea bargain case . . . a defendant may appeal only: (A) those matters that were
raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, or (B) after getting the trial court’s
permission to appeal.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). The clerk’s record does not contain a written
motion ruled on before trial nor does it indicate the trial court granted appellant permission to
appeal. This court must dismiss an appeal “if a certification that shows the defendant has the
right of appeal has not been made a part of the record.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

        It is therefore ORDERED this appeal will be dismissed pursuant to Texas Rule of
Appellate Procedure 25.2(d), unless an amended trial court certification that shows appellant has
the right of appeal has been made part of the appellate record no later than March 15, 2023. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d), 37.1; see also Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005);
Daniels v. State, 110 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2003, no pet.).
         All other appellate deadlines are SUSPENDED pending our resolution of the certification
issue.

                                                    _________________________________
                                                    Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 13th day of February, 2023.

                                                    ___________________________________
                                                    MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court