In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana ______________________________ No. 06-08-00117-CR ______________________________

MICKEY DEAN GRIFFITH, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 6th Judicial District Court Lamar County, Texas Trial Court No. 22358

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Mickey Dean Griffith attempts to appeal his conviction for arson, repeat offender. Griffith entered into a plea agreement and was sentenced in accordance therewith to twenty years' imprisonment, to run concurrently with a sentence imposed in a companion case on appeal, cause number 06-08-00118-CR.

The record contains a certification from the trial court that this "is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal." See TEX . R. APP . P. 25.2.

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 Griffith 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.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: July 15, 2008 Date Decided: July 16, 2008 Do Not Publish