                                     COURT OF APPEALS
                                  EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                       EL PASO, TEXAS

                                                   §
 ALEX AHUMADA,                                                      No. 08-07-00073-CR
 AKA ALEX AVILA,                                   §
                                                                        Appeal from
                          Appellant,               §
                                                                     205th District Court
 v.                                                §
                                                                  of El Paso County, Texas
 THE STATE OF TEXAS,                               §
                                                                    (TC # 20030D03414)
                          Appellee.                §




                                   MEMORANDUM OPINION

        Alex Ahumada appeals his conviction of less than one gram of cocaine. Finding that

Appellant has not complied with Rule 25.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss

the appeal.

        Rule 25.2(a)(2) governs the defendant’s right to appeal in a criminal case and requires that

the trial court enter a certification of the defendant’s right of appeal in every case in which it enters

a judgment of guilt or other appealable order. TEX .R.APP .P. 25.2. Likewise, Rule 25.2(d) requires

that the trial court certify whether the defendant has a right of appeal under Rule 25.2(a)(2).

TEX .R.APP .P. 25.2(d). An appellate court is required to dismiss an appeal if a certification that

shows the defendant’s right of appeal has not been made part of the appellate record. See

TEX .R.APP .P. 25.2(d).

        Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal but the notice did not include the trial court’s

certification of the defendant’s right to appeal as required by Rules 25.2(a)(2) and 25.2(d). The

Clerk’s Office notified Appellant that a certification had not been filed and requested that Appellant
file the certification within thirty days or the appeal would be dismissed pursuant to Rule 25.2(d).

Appellant has not complied with our request. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.



September 24, 2008
                                                     ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Carr, JJ.

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