                                Fourth Court of Appeals
                                       San Antonio, Texas
                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                          No. 04-18-00625-CR

                                         Cesar Rafael ZUNIGA,
                                               Appellant

                                                    v.

                                         The STATE of Texas,
                                               Appellee

                      From the 227th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                    Trial Court No. 2016CR7824
                             Honorable Mary D. Roman, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
                  Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Irene Rios, Justice

Delivered and Filed: October 17, 2018

DISMISSED

           The clerk’s record has been filed in this case. The clerk’s record contains the trial court’s

Rule 25.2 certification, which does not show appellant has the right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P.

25.2. When the trial court clerk first forwarded appellant’s notice of appeal and the trial court’s

Rule 25.2 certification, we issued an order notifying appellant that this appeal would be dismissed

within 30 days of the order if two conditions were met: (1) a certification or amended certification

showing appellant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the record; and (2) the trial

court’s certification is not defective. See id. R. 25.2(d) (requiring us to dismiss a criminal appeal
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if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the

record). Because no amended certification showing appellant has the right of appeal has been made

part of the appellate record, the only issue is whether the trial court’s certification is defective in

the notification of the defendant’s appellate rights. See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610 (Tex. Crim.

App. 2005) (holding court of appeals must determine whether the certification is defective).

       The trial court’s certification states this is a plea bargain case and the defendant has no

right of appeal. See R. 25.2(a); see also TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.02. The clerk’s record

establishes the punishment assessed by the trial court does not exceed the punishment

recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant in the plea bargain agreement. See

R. 25.2(a). The clerk’s record also does not show the trial court granted appellant permission to

appeal or contain any matters that were raised by written motion and ruled on before trial. See id.

Appellant’s counsel has not represented to this court that the trial court’s certification is defective

in the notification of the defendant’s appellate rights. We conclude the trial court’s certification is

not defective in its notification of the defendant’s appellate rights. Accordingly, we must dismiss

this appeal. See id. R. 25.2(d).

                                                   PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH




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