Roberto Rodriguez A/K/A Robert Rodriguez v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 26, 2022
• Docket: 13-22-00134-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBERS 13-22-00134-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ A/K/A ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 103rd District Court of Cameron County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

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

Appellant filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an order entered in trial

court cause number 2020-DCR-2111. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Upon review of the documents filed, we note the trial court has certified that this

“is a plea-bargain case and the defendant has NO right of appeal” without permission of the Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On April 5, 2022, the Court ordered appellant’s

counsel to review the record and determine whether appellant had a right to appeal. In

response, appellant’s counsel filed a letter indicating appellant waived his right to appeal

and does not otherwise have the right to appeal this case.

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, 44.4. Accordingly, this appeal is

dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

DORI CONTRERAS Chief Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed on the 26th day of May, 2022.