Javonda Joszell Lewis v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-26-00244-CR

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JAVONDA JOSZELL LEWIS, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 26-01-01382

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

On June 3, 2026, the trial court sentenced Javonda Joszell Lewis in Trial Cause Number 26-01-01382. On June 17, 2026, Lewis filed a notice of appeal. The District Clerk then sent Lewis’s notice of appeal and the trial court’s certification to the Ninth Court of Appeals. The trial court’s certification, signed on June 3, 2026, states that “the defendant has waived the right of appeal.”

On June 22, 2026, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal unless the appellant established that the trial court’s certification was incorrect. None

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of the parties responded to the Court’s notice. Because the record lacks a certification that shows Lewis has the right of appeal, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on July 21, 2026 Opinion Delivered July 22, 2026 Do Not Publish

Before Johnson, Wright and Chambers, JJ.