Opinion issued October 4, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
————————————
NO. 01-15-00623-CR
———————————
ELOY VALE MARTINEZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 230th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 1444863
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Eloy Vale Martinez, pursuant to an agreement with the State,
pleaded guilty to the felony offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.1
1
See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03(a)(2) (West 2011).
The trial court accepted the plea agreement, found appellant guilty, and assessed his
punishment at confinement for twenty-five years. The trial court further certified that
this is a plea-bargain case and appellant has no right of appeal. Appellant filed a pro
se notice of appeal. We dismiss the appeal.
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). Here, the trial court’s certification is included in the record and
states that this is a plea-bargain case and appellant has no right of appeal. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d). The record supports the trial court’s certification. See
Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Appellant does not
complain about a pre-trial motion and does not have permission to appeal. Because
appellant has no right of appeal, we must dismiss this appeal. See Chavez v. State,
183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (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 appeal for want of jurisdiction. We dismiss all
pending motions as moot.
2
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Bland, Massengale, and Lloyd.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
3