COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-16-00426-CR
NO. 02-16-00427-CR
NO. 02-16-00428-CR
NO. 02-16-00429-CR
NO. 02-16-00430-CR
CHARLESTON LAMON MOODY APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 213TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NOS. 1435754D, 1435752D, 1435751D, 1435750D, 1435749D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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In May 2017, we abated these appeals from appellant Charleston Lamon
Moody’s convictions for aggravated assault. In our abatement order, we stated
that we had reviewed the records in these appeals and that we were concerned
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
about whether the appeals required dismissal because appellant had entered
into a plea bargain in each case. We explained that in each case, appellant had
pled guilty to aggravated assault in an apparent exchange for the State’s waiver
of a more potentially-punitive charge of engaging in organized criminal activity.
We asked the trial court to consider amending its prior certifications of appellant’s
right to appeal, which all reflected that appellant had not entered into a plea
bargain and therefore had the right of appeal.
Upon abatement, the trial court held a hearing in which the State and
appellant’s trial counsel agreed that he had entered into a plea bargain in each of
these cases by pleading guilty to aggravated assault in exchange for the State’s
waiver of each allegation of engaging in organized criminal activity. Following
that hearing, in each case, the trial court signed an amended certification of
appellant’s right to appeal that stated that appellant had entered into a plea
bargain and had “NO right of appeal.”
An appeal “must be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant
has the right of appeal has not been made part of the record.” Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(d). Under rule of appellate procedure 25.2, we must “dismiss a prohibited
appeal without further action, regardless of the basis for the appeal.” Chavez v.
State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Because the trial court has
certified that appellant has no right of appeal, we dismiss these appeals. See
Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 43.2(f); Chavez, 183 S.W.3d at 680; Serrell v.
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State, No. 02-16-00219-CR, 2016 WL 6648757, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth
Nov. 10, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).
/s/ Terrie Livingston
TERRIE LIVINGSTON
CHIEF JUSTICE
PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: July 20, 2017
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Charleston Lamon Moody v. State
Combined Opinion