COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-12-00467-CR
Leonard R. Williams § From the 213th District Court
§ of Tarrant County (1250047D)
v. § November 29, 2012
§ Per Curiam
The State of Texas § (nfp)
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that
the appeal should be dismissed. It is ordered that the appeal is dismissed.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
PER CURIAM
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-12-00467-CR
LEONARD R. WILLIAMS APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 213TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On September 24, 2012, as part of a plea-bargain agreement, Appellant
Leonard R. Williams pled guilty to theft of property valued under $1,500, and the
trial court sentenced him to six months’ confinement in a state-jail facility. Also
on September 24, 2012, the trial court certified that this is a plea-bargain case
and that Appellant has no right of appeal.
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
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Despite the trial court’s certification, on October 2, 2012, Appellant filed a
notice of appeal. On October 9, 2012, we notified Appellant’s counsel that the
trial court’s certification indicating that Appellant had no right of appeal had been
filed in this court and that this appeal could be dismissed unless Appellant or any
party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds for
continuing the appeal on or before October 19, 2012. See Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(d), 44.3. On October 10, 2012, we received a response from Appellant pro
se. We have reviewed that response and hold that it shows no grounds for
continuing the appeal.
Rule 25.2(a)(2) limits the right of appeal in a plea-bargain case to matters
that were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial or to cases in
which the appellant obtained the trial court’s permission to appeal. Tex. R. App.
P. 25.2(a)(2). The trial court’s certification denied permission to appeal, and
Appellant does not challenge a pretrial ruling on a written motion or the validity of
his waiver of the right to appeal such a motion, which the record shows he
waived as part of the plea-bargain agreement. Accordingly, we dismiss this
appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: GABRIEL, J.; LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and DAUPHINOT, J.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: November 29, 2012
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