COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-15-00156-CR
TRAYWANN HOLLOWAY APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 1400023D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
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Appellant Traywann Holloway attempts to appeal his conviction and
twelve-year sentence for possessing and intending to deliver between four and
two hundred grams of cocaine. We dismiss the appeal.
Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant pled guilty to possessing
while intending to deliver between four and two hundred grams of cocaine. While
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
doing so, he waived certain constitutional and statutory rights and judicially
confessed that he had committed all acts alleged in his indictment. The trial
court convicted appellant and sentenced him to twelve years’ confinement. On
the same day that the court imposed the sentence, it signed a certification of
appellant’s right to appeal that stated that this is a “plea-bargain case, and
[appellant] has NO right of appeal.” See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). Appellant
and his counsel also signed the certification. Nonetheless, appellant filed a
notice of appeal.
We sent a letter to appellant that explained the contents of the certification
and stated that unless he filed a response showing grounds for continuing the
appeal, we could dismiss it. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. Appellant filed a
response, but it does not show adequate grounds for continuing the appeal. In
accordance with the trial court’s certification, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R.
App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2006).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GARDNER, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: September 17, 2015
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