Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2002

Ruvicel Zacarias v. State of Texas

Ruvicel Zacarias v. State of Texas
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided February 6, 2002

Ruvicel Zacarias v. State of Texas

Opinion

In The



Court of Appeals



Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont



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NO. 09-01-211 CR

NO. 09-01-212 CR

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RUVICEL ZACARIAS, Appellant



V.



THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee




On Appeal from the 252nd District Court

Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause Nos. 82762 and 82764




OPINION

Ruvicel Zacarias pleaded no contest in cause No. 82762 (Appeal No. 09-01-211 CR) to the third degree felony possession of marijuana in an amount of fifty pounds or less but more than five pounds. Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.121(a),(b)(4) (Vernon Supp. 2002). Zacarias contemporaneously pleaded no contest in cause No. 82764 (Appeal No. 09-01-212 CR) to the second degree felony possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, in an amount of four grams or more but less than two hundred grams. Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115(a),(d) (Vernon Supp. 2002). The records reflect that written plea bargain agreements between Zacarias and the State capped the punishment range at seven years in each cause and required concurrent sentences. The trial court assessed punishment in each case at five years of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The trial court did not grant permission to appeal.

Appellate counsel filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978). The brief concludes no arguable error which would support an appeal is presented, a conclusion with which we concur. On October 11, 2001, Zacarias was given an extension of time in which to file a pro se brief if he so desired. Zacarias has not filed a pro se brief.

The records contain written plea bargain agreements which provided for concurrent sentences and upper limits on the assessment of punishment. Because the limitation on the upper range of punishment was part of a plea bargain agreement, the notices of appeal must comply with the rules of appellate procedure which apply to appeals from plea bargained convictions. Delatorre v. State, 957 S.W.2d 145 (Tex. App.--Austin 1997, pet. ref'd).



The general notices of appeal filed in these causes do not comply with the form required by the Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3). Therefore, our appellate jurisdiction over these causes has not been invoked. White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 429 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). We have reviewed the clerk's records and the reporter's records for issues over which appellate jurisdiction might exist, and have found no arguable error requiring us to order appointment of new counsel. See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.

APPEALS DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM



Submitted on February 1, 2002

Opinion Delivered February 6, 2002

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Before Walker, C.J., Burgess and Gaultney, JJ.

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