Opinion issued October 6, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-15-00270-CR
NO. 01-15-00271-CR
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KENNETH LEAKS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 174th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case Nos. 1451849 and 1451850
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pursuant to his agreements with the State, appellant, Kenneth Leaks, pleaded
guilty to the felony offense of possession of a firearm by a felon and the
state-jail-felony offense of evading arrest or detention with a previous conviction.1
The trial court accepted the plea agreements, assessed appellant’s punishment at
confinement for two years for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a
felon, and 210 days for the offense of evading arrest or detention, with the
sentences to run concurrently, and certified that these are plea-bargained cases and
appellant has no right of appeal. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal in each
case. We dismiss the appeals.
In a plea-bargained case, a defendant may appeal only those matters that
were raised by written motion and ruled on before trial or after obtaining the trial
court’s permission to appeal. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02 (West 2006);
TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). An appeal must be dismissed if a certification showing
that the defendant has a right of appeal has not been made part of the record. TEX.
R. APP. P. 25.2(d).
Here, the trial court’s certification is included in the record and states that
this is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 25.2(a)(2). The record supports the trial court’s certification. See Dears v. State,
154 S.W.3d 610, 615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Because appellant has no right of
appeal, we must dismiss this appeal. See Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680
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See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 38.04(a), (b)(1)(A) (West Supp. 2014), 46.04
(West 2011).
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(Tex. Crim. App. 2006) (“A court of appeals, while having jurisdiction to ascertain
whether an appellant who plea-bargained is permitted to appeal by Rule 25.2(a)(2),
must dismiss a prohibited appeal without further action, regardless of the basis for
the appeal.”).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss
appellant’s motion to withdraw his appeal, filed in each appeal, and all other
pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Massengale, and Lloyd.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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