Jennifer Lopez v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 18, 2024
• Docket: 13-23-00531-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-23-00531-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

JENNIFER LOPEZ, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 36th District Court of Aransas County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

Appellant filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal a judgment in trial court

case number A-23-5138-CR. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Upon review of the documents filed, the trial court has certified that this “is a plea-

bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).

On December 4, 2023, the Court ordered appellant’s counsel to review the record and determine whether appellant had a right to appeal. On December 18, 2023, appellant’s

counsel responded concluding that appellant waived her right to appeal and otherwise

does not have 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. Accordingly, this case is dismissed

for want of jurisdiction.

JAIME TIJERINA Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed on the 18th day of January, 2024.