Beulah Lee Johnson v. State

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ________________ NO. 09-15-00315-CR ________________ BEULAH LEE JOHNSON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the Criminal District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 14-20109 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On July 27, 2015, the trial court sentenced Beulah Johnson on a conviction for credit card abuse. Johnson filed a notice of appeal on August 5, 2015. The district clerk has provided the trial court’s certification to the Court of Appeals. The trial court certified that this is a plea-bargain case and the defendant has no right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). On August 12, 2015, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. Johnson 1 filed a response but failed to establish that the trial court’s certification should be amended. Because the record does not contain a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ CHARLES KREGER Justice Submitted on August 28, 2015 Opinion Delivered August 31, 2015 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2