In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-12-00115-CR
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SAMANTHA RENA RAYSON, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law #3
Smith County, Texas
Trial Court No. 003-81787-12
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Samantha Rena Rayson has filed pro se a notice of appeal from her conviction of
criminal trespass.1 We have now received the certification of Rayson’s right of appeal as
required TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2. That certification states that Rayson waived her right of appeal.
Unless a certification, showing that a defendant has the right of appeal, is in the record,
we must dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). Because the trial court’s certification
affirmatively shows that Rayson has waived her right of appeal, and because the record before us
does not reflect that the certification is incorrect, see Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 615 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2005), we must dismiss the appeal.
We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Bailey C. Moseley
Justice
Date Submitted: August 13, 2012
Date Decided: August 14, 2012
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1
Originally appealed to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme
Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West 2005).
2