Dayanara Baker v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 23, 2026
• Docket: 03-25-00866-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-25-00866-CR

Dayanara Baker, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE 433RD DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, NO. CR2018-778D, THE HONORABLE DIB WALDRIP, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This Court abated Dayanara Baker’s pro se appeal on December 10, 2025, and

remanded the case to the trial court for entry of a certification of Baker’s right of appeal. See

Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2) (setting forth general rule requiring trial court’s certification of

defendant’s right of appeal each time it enters judgment of guilt or other appealable order),

(d) (requiring that record in defendant’s appeal include trial court’s certification of defendant’s

right of appeal), 44.4 (addressing remediable error). The trial court has since certified that the

underlying case is pending and that it has entered no appealable order. Accordingly, we lift the

abatement, reinstate this appeal, and dismiss it for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P.

25.2(a)(2).

__________________________________________ Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Theofanis and Crump

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: January 23, 2026

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