Doris Jean Blake v. State ( 2006 )

In The

Court of Appeals

For The  

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-06-00518-CR

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DORIS JEAN BLAKE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the177th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1039354

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Appellant pleaded guilty to the felony offense of theft with an agreement from the State that his punishment would not exceed confinement for 60 years. The trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 50 years. Timely pro se notice of appeal was filed. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

               Rule 25.2(a)(2) 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). We held in Threadgill v. State, 120 S.W.3d 871, 872 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet.), that an agreement to a punishment cap is a plea agreement within the meaning of Rule 25.2(a)(2). The Fourteenth Court of Appeals held likewise in Waters v. State, 124 S.W.3d 825, 826 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet.).

               The trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal states that the defendant has waived the right of appeal. See Buck v. State, 45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.). 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, Keyes, and Hanks.

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