Theresa Haynes AKA Thresa Haynes v. the State of Texas ( 2023 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-23-00009-CR
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THERESA HAYNES AKA THRESA HAYNES, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from the 297th District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1536914D
Before Birdwell, Bassel, and Womack, JJ.
Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The State and Appellant Theresa Haynes aka Thresa Haynes agreed to a charge
bargain under which Haynes pled guilty to two counts—aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon and aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury—and pled true to
a repeat offender enhancement in exchange for the State’s waiving an aggravated
robbery count. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.02(a)(1), (a)(2), 29.03; Harper v. State,
567 S.W.3d 450, 454 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2019, no pet.) (discussing charge
bargains). Haynes also signed a written waiver of her right of appeal in this case.
Haynes was admonished that when a trial court follows a plea agreement, (1) the
defendant must obtain the court’s permission before prosecuting an appeal “on any
matter in the case except for matters raised by written motion filed prior to trial” and
(2) the trial court “seldom consents to an appeal where conviction is based upon a
guilty plea.” See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2; Shankle v. State, 119 S.W.3d 808, 813 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2003) (“An agreement to dismiss a pending charge, or not to bring an available
charge, effectively puts a cap on punishment at the maximum sentence for the charge
that is not dismissed.”); Harper, 567 S.W.3d at 455 (discussing charge bargains and
Rule 25.2(a)(2)).
In accordance with the parties’ agreement, the trial court found Haynes guilty
of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault causing serious
bodily injury and sentenced Haynes to 20 years’ confinement on each count, to run
concurrently. The trial court’s certification of Haynes’s right of appeal, which was
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signed by the trial court, Haynes, and Haynes’s trial counsel, certified that Haynes has
waived the right of appeal. Haynes filed this appeal the same day the certification was
signed.
After receiving a copy of Haynes’s notice of appeal, we notified Haynes that we
had received the trial court’s certification stating that she had waived the right of
appeal. We warned her that this appeal could be dismissed unless she or another party
desiring to continue the appeal filed a response by March 27, 2023, showing grounds
for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. We have received no response.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2,
43.2; Kennedy v. State, 297 S.W.3d 338, 342 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009); Shankle, 119
S.W.3d at 813; Tilley v. State, No. 02-22-00299-CR, 2023 WL 2179460, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Fort Worth Feb. 23, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.).
Per Curiam
Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: May 18, 2023
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