JOHN IVY SOTELLO v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 394th District Court of Brewster County

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

JOHN IVY SOTELLO, )

) No. 08-05-00361-CR

Appellant, )

) Appeal from the

v. )

) 394th District Court

THE STATE OF TEXAS, )

) of Brewster County, Texas

Appellee. )

) (TC# 3760)

)

O P I N I O N

Appellant John Ivey Sotello is attempting to appeal his conviction for the offense of forgery. As a result of his conviction, Appellant was sentenced to 8 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Finding that Appellant has not complied with Rule 25.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss the appeal.

Rule 25.2 governs the defendant=s right to appeal in a criminal case. This rule provides in part:

A defendant in a criminal case has the right of appeal under Code of Criminal Procedure article 44.02 and these rules. The trial court shall 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. In a plea bargain case--that is, a case in which defendant=s plea is guilty or nolo contendere and the punishment did not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant--a defendant may appeal only:

(A) those matters that were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, or

(B) after getting the trial court=s permission to appeal.

Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(a)(2).

The rule also provides the following:

(d) Certification of Defendant=s Rights of Appeal. If the defendant is the appellant, the record must include the trial court=s certification of the defendant=s right of appeal under Rule 25.2(a)(2). The certification should be part of the record when notice is filed, but may be added by timely amendment or supplementation under this rule or Rule 34.5(c)(1) or Rule 37.1 or by order of the appellate court under Rule 34.5(c)(2). The appeal must be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the record under these rules.

Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d).

This Court notified Appellant on November 21, 2005, that a certification had not been filed and requested that Appellant file the required certification within thirty days or the appeal would be dismissed pursuant to Rule 25.2(d). See Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d)(AThe appeal must be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made part of the record under these rules.@). As of this date, Appellant has not filed the required certification. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

January 19, 2006

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

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

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