                                          In The

                                   Court of Appeals
                      Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                  NO. 09-12-00434-CR
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                           DAVID LYNN LILES, Appellant

                                            V.

                          THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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                  On Appeal from the 252nd District Court
                          Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. 11-12595
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                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

       On September 4, 2012, the trial court sentenced David Lynn Liles on a conviction

for theft. Liles filed a notice of appeal on September 19, 2012. The trial court entered a

certification of the defendant’s right to appeal in which the 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). The district clerk has provided the trial court’s certification to the Court of

Appeals. On September 19, 2012, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the

appeal unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. The appellant


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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 to appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.



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                                                        HOLLIS HORTON
                                                              Justice

Opinion Delivered October 17, 2012
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.




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