Opinion

Homer Lee Brown, Jr. v. State

Court
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Filed
Dec 22, 2005
Status
Published
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The opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-05-00854-CR

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HOMER LEE BROWN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 253rd Judicial District Court

Chambers County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 13230

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant pleaded guilty to the first degree felony offense of aggravated

robbery and pleaded true to the allegations in two enhancement paragraphs. In

accordance with appellant’s plea bargain agreement with the state, the trial court

sentenced appellant to confinement for 30 years with an affirmative finding that a

deadly weapon was used during the commission of the offense. 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 correctness of the certification. Dears v. State , 154 S.W.3d 610, 614-15

(Tex. Crim. App. 2005) . 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).

We note that appellant also waived his right to appeal. See Buck v. State ,

45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

All pending motions are denied as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Nuchia, Jennings, and Higley.

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