Jordan Robert Stoll v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: March 5, 2026
• Docket: 01-25-00651-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued March 5, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00651-CR ——————————— JORDAN ROBERT STOLL, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 506th District Court Waller County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 24-08-19253

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Jordan Robert Stoll pleaded guilty to the offense of aggravated

robbery with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to seven years’ incarceration in

the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, in accordance with the plea bargain with the State. See TEX. PENAL CODE § 29.03(a). We dismiss

the appeal.

The trial court’s certification of defendant’s right of appeal certified that

appellant had no right of appeal because this was a plea-bargain case and appellant

had waived the right of appeal. This certification corresponds with the clerk’s

record, which indicates that appellant pleaded guilty and waived the right of appeal

in exchange for the State’s agreed recommendation of a sentence of seven years’

incarceration. No other appealable order appears in the clerk’s record.

Where the appellant enters into a plea bargain with the State, there is no right

of appeal except as to those matters raised by written motion and ruled on before

trial or after getting permission to appeal from the trial court. See TEX. R. APP. P.

25.2(a)(2). The clerk’s record contains no written motions filed by appellant and no

permission to appeal was granted by the trial court. Moreover, appellant agreed to

waive the right of appeal as part of the plea bargain. See Jones v. State, 488 S.W.3d

801, 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016) (upholding waiver of right of appeal where

defendant received consideration for waiver pursuant to plea bargain). Accordingly,

we must dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d

675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006) (appellate court must dismiss attempted appeal

when appellant had no right of appeal because he was sentenced pursuant to agreed

terms of plea bargain and did not satisfy exceptions to Rule 25.2(a)(2)).

2 We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Any pending motions are

dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Caughey, and Dokupil.

Do not publish.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