Clifton Delmar Jackson v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 16, 2016
• Docket: 10-16-00133-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-16-00133-CR

CLIFTON DELMAR JACKSON, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 278th District Court Walker County, Texas Trial Court No. 27251

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Clifton Delmar Jackson, attempts to appeal from his conviction entered

in the 278th District Court in Walker County on April 6, 2016. The trial court’s

certification of appellant’s right of appeal indicates that appellant waived his right to

appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). In addition to the trial court’s certification, the following exchange between appellant and the trial court at the punishment phase of trial is

particularly instructive:

THE COURT: By accepting this plea bargain, and the Court is not bound by the plea bargain; however, I will advise you that the Court is going to honor that recommendation and honor your request, if I’m sure that you understand that in so doing you give up any right of appeal. You give up your right to any further jury proceedings and all other constitutional privileges that go along with entering an agreement of that fashion. Do you understand that?

MR. JACKSON: Yes, sir.

THE COURT: Are you asking me to go along with that recommendation?

MR. JACKSON: Yes, I am.

(Emphasis added.)

Based on the foregoing, we hereby dismiss appellant’s appeal. See Chavez v. State,

183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006) (en banc) (“A court of appeals, while having

jurisdiction to ascertain whether an appellant . . . is permitted to appeal . . . must dismiss

a prohibited appeal without further action, regardless of the basis for the appeal.”);

Monreal v. State, 99 S.W.3d 615, 621 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (holding that an appellant who

has executed a waiver of appeal, whether negotiated or non-negotiated, could not appeal

without the permission of the trial court); see also Perez v. State, 885 S.W.2d 568, 570 (Tex.

App.—El Paso 1994, no pet.) (“Merely filing a notice of appeal is not sufficient to

Jackson v. State Page 2 overcome the prior waiver of appeal.” (citing Ex parte Tabor, 565 S.W.2d 945, 946 (Tex.

Crim. App. 1978))).

AL SCOGGINS Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed November 16, 2016 Do not publish [CRPM]

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