Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2010

Angelia Gail Reinhart v. State

Angelia Gail Reinhart v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided December 3, 2010

Angelia Gail Reinhart v. State

Opinion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

 

                                                ______________________________

 

                                                             No. 06-10-00216-CR

                                                ______________________________

 

 

                                ANGELIA GAIL REINHART, Appellant

 

                                                                V.

 

                                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

                                       On Appeal from the 196th Judicial District Court

                                                              Hunt County, Texas

                                                            Trial Court No. 17652

 

                                                                                                   

 

 

 

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

                                            Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley


                                                     MEMORANDUM  OPINION

 

            Angelia Gail Reinhart, having been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision in 1994.  In 2010, Reinhart was charged with violations which occurred in 1999 of the terms of her community supervision.  Based on a plea agreement,[1] the sentence length was altered by the trial judge and she was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years.  Reinhart now files a pro se notice of appeal.

            The record contains the requisite certification of right of appeal in which the judge states that the defendant has waived the right of appeal.  The record also contains an omnibus “WAIVER TO [sic] APPEAL” signed by Reinhart, her counsel, and the trial judge in which she states that she is waiving (among other things) her right to appeal.  The waiver was signed and filed on September 20, 2010, the date on which she was adjudicated guilty and sentence was imposed.

            Under Tex. R. App. P. 25.2, the filing of a proper certification of right to appeal is a jurisdictional matter, and when one appears to be incorrect, it is the duty of this Court to ensure that a correct certification is prepared and filed.  See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005); Greenwell v. Court of Appeals for Thirteenth Judicial Dist., 159 S.W.3d 645, 649  (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).  In this case, we have a certification stating that the defendant has no right to appeal because of waiver, and the record before this Court does not show that the certification is defective.  See Dears, 154 S.W.3d at 613.  Further, the judgment affirmatively indicates the existence of a bargained-for agreement between the State and Reinhart, which could support the existence of a valid waiver.  From this state of the record, we have no option but to dismiss the appeal.

            We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

 

 

                                                                        Bailey C. Moseley

                                                                        Justice

 

Date Submitted:          December 2, 2010

Date Decided:             December 3, 2010

 

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[1]We recognize that plea bargains in the statutory sense cannot exist in a revocation context, as Rule 25.2(a)(2) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure applies only when a plea is guilty or nolo contendere, and in revocation cases, the plea is “true” or “not true.”  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

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