                                     In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-13-00307-CR
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                         STACEY CARTER, Appellant

                                        V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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                   On Appeal from the 411th District Court
                            Polk County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. 22,444
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 9, 2013, the trial court sentenced Stacey Carter on a conviction for

possession of a controlled substance. Carter filed a notice of appeal on July 8,

2013, and signed a written waiver of the right of appeal on July 9, 2013. The trial

court entered a certification of the defendant’s right to appeal in which the court

certified that the defendant waived his 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 July 24, 2013, we notified the parties that we would dismiss

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the appeal unless the appellant established grounds for continuing the appeal. No

response has been filed. Because the record does not contain a certification that

shows the defendant has the right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex.

R. App. P. 25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


                                               ________________________________
                                                         CHARLES KREGER
                                                             Justice




Opinion Delivered September 4, 2013
Do Not Publish

Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ.




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