Joseph Kelly Dingler v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: January 30, 2026
• Docket: 02-25-00458-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________

No. 02-25-00458-CR ___________________________

JOSEPH KELLY DINGLER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from the 432nd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 1749454

Before Bassel, Womack, and Wallach, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION

Pursuant to a plea bargain, Appellant Joseph Kelly Dingler pleaded guilty to

possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group I, see Tex. Health & Safety

Code Ann. § 481.115(d), and the trial court assessed his punishment at three years’

confinement. Appellant attempts to appeal his conviction. But the trial court signed

a certification of Appellant’s right to appeal—which Appellant also signed—stating

that this criminal case “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of

appeal.”

After receiving Appellant’s notice of appeal, we notified him that we had

received the trial court’s certification. We warned him that the appeal could be

dismissed unless he or another party filed by January 15, 2026, a response showing

grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 44.3. We have

received no response.

Thus, in accordance with the trial court’s certification, we dismiss Appellant’s

appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex.

Crim. App. 2006); Joseph v. State, No. 02-25-00335-CR, 2025 WL 2942406, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth Oct. 16, 2025, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

Per Curiam

Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: January 30, 2026