Vinson Larry Bruce v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 19, 2011
• Docket: 06-11-00122-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________

No. 06-11-00122-CR ______________________________

VINSON LARRY BRUCE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 102nd Judicial District Court Bowie County, Texas Trial Court No. 09F0385-102

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION

Vinson Larry Bruce has filed pro se a notice of appeal from his conviction of aggravated

robbery. On our review of the clerk’s record, we noted that the trial court’s certification of right

of appeal stated that this was a plea agreement case and that Bruce has no right of appeal.

Unless a certification, showing that a defendant has the right of appeal, is in the record, we

must dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

Because the trial court’s certification affirmatively shows Bruce has no right of appeal, and

because the record before us does not reflect that the certification is incorrect, see Dears v. State,

154 S.W.3d 610, 615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005), we must dismiss the appeal.

We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice

Date Submitted: July 18, 2011 Date Decided: July 19, 2011

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