COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-18-00024-CR
MELVIN CADE APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 367TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. F-2007-0395-E
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Appellant Melvin Cade attempts to appeal from his 2009 conviction for
indecency with a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.11 (West Supp. 2017).
Cade pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea bargain, and in accordance with the plea
bargain, the trial court sentenced him to twenty years’ confinement. The trial
court’s certification of Cade’s right to appeal states that the case “is a plea-
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal” and that “the defendant
has waived the right of appeal.” See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).
On January 26, 2018, we notified Cade that his appeal could be dismissed
based on the trial court’s certification unless he or any party desiring to continue
the appeal filed a response on or before February 5, 2018, showing grounds for
continuing his appeal.2 See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 44.3. No response has
been filed.
In accordance with the trial court’s certification, we therefore dismiss
Cade’s appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: WALKER, MEIER, and KERR, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: March 15, 2018
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That same day, we also notified Cade that it appeared we lacked
jurisdiction over his appeal because his notice of appeal was not timely filed.
See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a). We also explained that Cade had already appealed
from the judgment at issue. See Cade v. State, No. 02-09-00404-CR, 2010 WL
598622, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 18, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication) (dismissing appeal based on trial court’s certification).
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Melvin Cade v. State
Combined Opinion