Court Opinion

ID: 2837728
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-02 21:59:23.358183+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:54:58.869144
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-03-01352-CR
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FRANCISCO CRUZ AGUAYO, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 182nd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 939048

 
MEMORANDUM  OPINION
               Appellant pleaded no contest to third degree felony assault and, in
accordance with a plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court deferred
adjudication and placed appellant on community supervision for three years.  The
State filed a motion to adjudicate guilt to which appellant pleaded true with a plea
agreement of confinement for two years.  The trial court followed this agreement in
pronouncing sentence.  Appellant filed a timely pro se notice of appeal.
               Rule 25.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that, in a
plea-bargained case in which the punishment assessed does not exceed the plea
agreement, a defendant may appeal only those matters that were raised by written
motion filed and ruled on before trial, or after obtaining the trial court’s permission
to appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).
               Appellant pleaded guilty to the charge; he entered into a punishment
agreement with the State when he was adjudged guilty; and the trial court did not
exceed that agreement at sentencing.  This appeal is therefore limited by Rule 25.2(a). 
Comb v. State, 101 S.W.3d 724, 725-26 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no
pet.); see also Teel v. State, 104 S.W.3d 266, 267-68 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2003,
no pet.).    The trial court’s certification of defendant’s right of appeal states that this
is a plea-bargained case, and the defendant has no right of appeal.  See Tex. R. App.
P. 25.2(d).
               Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack, and Justices Jennings and Higley.
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).