COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-14-00263-CR
JAMES EDWARD BURNS APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 371ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 1330419D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On June 13, 2014, as part of a plea-bargain agreement, appellant James
Edward Burns pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery. See Tex. Penal Code Ann.
§ 29.03(a)(3)(A) (West 2011). Following the terms of the plea bargain, the trial
court sentenced him to 25 years’ confinement. The trial court certified that Burns
had no right to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
Burns filed a pro se notice of appeal on June 27, 2014. On July 11, 2014,
we notified Burns’s trial counsel and Burns that Burns had filed a notice of
appeal, that the trial court certified that Burns had no right to appeal, and that we
would dismiss the appeal unless Burns or any party desiring to continue the
appeal filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal no later than
July 21, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 44.3.
As of the date of this memorandum opinion, we have received no response
to our notice. There is no showing that Burns’s sentence exceeded the State’s
recommendation, that Burns desires to appeal a matter that was raised by written
motion filed and ruled on before trial, or that the trial court granted Burns
permission to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). Thus, in accordance with
the trial court’s certification, we dismiss this 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).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: GABRIEL, J.;LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and DAUPHINOT, J.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: August 21, 2014
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