Court Opinion

ID: 2836866
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Date Created: 2015-09-02 21:45:39.929181+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:26.657931
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In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-04-01106-CR
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KENNETH BRADLEY MITCHELL, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 339th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 991664

 
MEMORANDUM  OPINION
               Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of driving while intoxicated with a
child passenger and  true to the allegations in two enhancement paragraphs that he
had two prior felony convictions.  In accordance with the plea bargain agreement, the
trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 15 years.  Appellant filed a timely
notice of appeal.  We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
               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.  Griffin v. State, 145 S.W.3d 645, 648-49 (Tex. Crim. App.
2004); Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 80 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(a)(2).
               The trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal in this case states
that this is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right to appeal.  The record
supports the certification.  We must dismiss an appeal if the trial court’s certification
shows there is no right to appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
               Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Taft, Jennings, and Bland.
Do not publish.   Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).