                             NUMBER 13-07-653-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                       CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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RICHARD LEE QUINONEZ,                                                        Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                             Appellee.
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           On appeal from the 117th District Court
                 of Nueces County, Texas.
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

                      Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
                          Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Richard Lee Quinonez, attempts to appeal a conviction for robbery. The

trial court has certified that “the defendant has waived the right of appeal.” See TEX . R.

APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).

       On October 18, 2007, this Court notified appellant’s counsel of the trial court’s

certification and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether appellant
has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel’s findings as to

whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the

existence of any amended certification.

       On January 16, 2008, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court. Counsel’s response

does not establish: (1) that the certification currently on file with this Court is incorrect, or

(2) that appellant otherwise has a right to appeal.

       The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed

if the trial court’s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.

TEX . R. APP. P. 25.2(d); see TEX . R. APP. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4. Accordingly, this appeal is

DISMISSED. Any pending motions are denied as moot.



                                                                   PER CURIAM

Do not publish. See TEX . R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this the 6th day of March, 2008.




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