NUMBER 13-17-00556-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
MANSU LAU KNOX JR., Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 27th District Court
of Bell County, Texas.
NUMBER 13-17-00570-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
MANSU LAU KNOX JR., Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 426th District Court
of Bell County, Texas.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Contreras and Benavides
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides
Appellant, Mansu Lau Knox Jr., attempts to appeal convictions for burglary of a
habitation – attempted and burglary of a building.1 The trial court has certified that this
“is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal,” and “the defendant
has waived the right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).
On October 19, 2017, this Court notified appellant’s counsel of the trial court’s
certifications and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether
appellant has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings
as to whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the
existence of any amended certifications.
Counsel failed to respond to this Court’s order and the Court abated the appeals
on December 1, 2017. On December 8, 2017, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court.
1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin pursuant to a
docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001
(West, Westlaw through 2017 R.S.).
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Accordingly, the cases are hereby REINSTATED. Counsel’s response does not
establish that the certifications currently on file with this Court are incorrect or that
appellant otherwise has a right to appeal.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed
if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.
TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Accordingly, these appeals
are DISMISSED.
GINA M. BENAVIDES,
Justice
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
4th day of January, 2018.
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