Juan William Stanfield v. State


 











In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-08-00125-CR

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JUAN WILLIAM STANFIELD, Appellant


V.


THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee





On Appeal from the 248th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1135432




 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

               We lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal. Appellant, Juan William Stanfield, pleaded guilty to an indictment that charged him with driving while intoxicated, third offender, and pleaded true to two habitual enhancement paragraphs that alledged two prior felony convictions. In accordance with his plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 25 years. Along with the plea, appellant, appellant’s counsel, and the State signed a stipulation of evidence which included, among others, the following statements: “I intend to enter a plea of guilty and understand that the prosecutor will recommend that my punishment should be set at twenty-five years TDC; I agree to that recommendation . . . Further, I waive my right of appeal which I may have should the court accept the foregoing plea bargain agreement between myself and the prosecutor.” The trial court’s judgment is stamped, “Appeal waived. No permission to appeal granted.”

                After the trial court sentenced appellant to punishment that fell within the terms of the plea bargain agreement, the trial court certified that this case is a plea- bargain case and the defendant has no right to appeal. Appellant did not request the trial court’s permission to appeal any pre-trial matters, and the trial court did not give permission for appellant to appeal. Appellant filed a timely pro se notice of appeal. This appeal followed.

               We conclude that the certification of the right of appeal filed by the trial court is supported by the record and that appellant has no right of appeal due to the agreed plea bargain. Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a). Because appellant has no right of appeal, we must dismiss this appeal “without further action.” Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

               

               Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

               Any pending motions are denied as moot.

PER CURIAM

 

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Jennings, and Bland.

 

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).