11th Court of Appeals

                                                                  Eastland, Texas

                                                                        Opinion

Charles Sylvester Alridge, III

Appellant

Vs.                   No. 11-03-00246-CR B Appeal from Galveston County

State of Texas

Appellee

The jury convicted Charles Sylvester Alridge, III of manslaughter and assessed his punishment at confinement for nine years and six months.  In its certification of defendant=s right to appeal, the trial court stated that appellant had waived his right to appeal.  Therefore, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

September 19, 2003

Do not publish.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

Panel consists of: Arnot, C.J., and

Wright, J., and McCall, J.