Court Opinion

ID: 5118651
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-15 07:16:32.550271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:22:08.433468
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

                                __________________

                                NO. 09-21-00270-CR
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                    ARTAVIAS CHOVAN COLE, Appellant

                                           V.

                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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              On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. 21-37861
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On August 3, 2021, the trial court sentenced Artavias Chovan Cole, appellant,

on a conviction for robbery. Cole filed a notice of appeal on September 3, 2021. The

trial court entered a certification of the defendant’s right to appeal in which the court

certified that this is a plea-bargain case and the defendant has no right of appeal and

that he waived the right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). The district clerk

has provided the trial court’s certification to the Court of Appeals.

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      On September 7, 2021, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the

appeal unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. Cole filed

a response, but his response failed to establish that the trial court’s certification is

incorrect. Because the record does not contain a certification that shows Cole 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.

                                                            PER CURIAM

Submitted on October 12, 2021
Opinion Delivered October 13, 2021
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Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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