Nicholas Aaron Bates v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-24-00404-CR NO. 09-24-00405-CR __________________

NICHOLAS AARON BATES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 359th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause Nos. 22-07-09383-CR and 22-07-09384-CR __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On September 18, 2024, the trial court sentenced Nicholas Aaron Bates in

Trial Cause Number 22-07-09383-CR on a conviction for possession of marijuana

and in Trial Cause Number 22-07-09384-CR for manufacture or delivery of a

controlled substance. In each case, the trial court signed a certification in which the

trial court certified that this is a plea-bargain case and Bates has no right of appeal.

1 On November 19, 2024, Bates filed notices of appeal for Trial Cause Numbers 22-

07-09383-CR and 22-07-09384-CR.1

On November 21, 2024, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the

appeals unless the appellant established the certifications were incorrect. None of

the parties responded to the Court’s notices. Because the record in each case lacks a

certification saying that Bates has the right to appeal, we dismiss the appeals.

APPEALS DISMISSED.

Submitted on January 7, 2025 Opinion Delivered January 8, 2025 Do Not Publish

Before Johnson, Wright and Chambers, JJ.

1 Bates also filed notices of appeal in Trial Court Case Numbers 22-07-09452, 22-07-09454, 22-07-09456, and 22-07-09458. In those cases, the trial court entered a certification that the case was not a plea-bargain case and that Bates had a right to appeal. The Clerk of the Court docketed the appeals in those cases under Appeal Numbers 09-24-00406-CR through 09-24-00409-CR, and they remain active before this Court. 2