Ernesto Alvarez v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 15, 2011
• Docket: 13-11-00486-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-11-00486-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

ERNESTO ALVAREZ, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 94th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Ernesto Alvarez, attempts to appeal his conviction for assault. The trial

court has certified that this Ais a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of

appeal.@ See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On August 11 2011, this Court notified appellant=s counsel of the trial court=s

certification and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether

appellant has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel=s findings

as to whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the

existence of any amended certification.

On December 1, 2011, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court. Counsel=s

response does not establish that the certification currently on file with this Court is

incorrect or that appellant otherwise has a right to appeal.

The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be

dismissed if the trial court=s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of

appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Accordingly, this

appeal is DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 15th day of December, 2011.