Jesus A. Perales v. State

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-16-00362-CR

JESUS A. PERALES APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM 371ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

TRIAL COURT NO. 1440835D

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MEMORANDUM OPINION1

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On August 29, 2016, as part of a plea-bargain agreement, appellant Jesus A. Perales pleaded guilty to the third-degree felony offense of evading arrest or detention, which was enhanced to a second-degree felony for punishment purposes by his plea of true to an enhancement paragraph. Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 12.42(a), 38.04(a), (b)(2)(A) (West Supp. 2016). In accordance with the agreement, the trial court sentenced Appellant to twelve years’ confinement.2 The trial court certified that Appellant had no right to appeal because the imposed sentence comported with the plea-bargain agreement and that Appellant had affirmatively waived his right to appeal as part of his guilty plea. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 1.14 (West 2005).

On September 16, Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal in the trial court. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a). On September 22, Appellant’s counsel filed a motion for new trial in which he acknowledged the “legal basis” for a new trial “might well be thin” and conceded that Appellant pleaded guilty under a plea- bargain agreement, was sentenced pursuant to the agreement, waived his right to appeal, and, therefore, was not entitled to an appeal.3 On September 28, we notified Appellant’s trial counsel and Appellant that Appellant had filed a pro se notice of appeal, that the trial court had certified that he had no right to appeal and had waived his right to appeal, and that we would dismiss the appeal unless Appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal no later than October 10. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 26.2(a), 44.3. Neither Appellant nor his counsel responded.

The record before this court does not show that Appellant’s sentence exceeded the State’s recommendation, that Appellant desires to appeal a matter that was raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, that the trial court granted Appellant permission to appeal, or that Appellant’s waiver was involuntary, unknowing, or unintelligently made. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02; Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2); Ex parte Broadway, 301 S.W.3d 694, 697– 99 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). Thus, in accordance with the trial court’s certification and Appellant’s express waiver of his right to appeal, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

/s/ Lee Gabriel LEE GABRIEL JUSTICE

PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; GABRIEL and SUDDERTH, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: November 17, 2016