Michael James Lorenz v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 415th District Court of Parker County

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NOS. 2-06-058-CR

2-06-059-CR

MICHAEL JAMES LORENZ APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 415TH DISTRICT COURT OF PARKER COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]

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Appellant Michael James Lorenz appeals from his two convictions for possession of a controlled substance. According to the written confessions signed by appellant and the trial court=s judgments, appellant was convicted pursuant to a plea bargain, and his punishment was assessed in accordance with the plea bargain at two years=confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the second-degree felony offense and twenty-four months=confinement in state jail for the state-jail felony offense.

The trial court=s certifications state that each case Ais a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal@ and that Athe defendant has waived the right of appeal.@ Accordingly, on February 28, 2006, we informed appellant by letter that this court would dismiss the appeals unless appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeals filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeals. We received a response from appellant pro se, but the response does not show grounds for continuing the appeals in light of the trial court=s certifications.

Rule 25.2(a)(2) limits the right to appeal in a plea-bargain case to those matters that were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial or to those cases in which the appellant obtained the trial court=s permission to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2)(A), (B). Appellant has not indicated that either of these exceptions apply in these cases. Therefore, we dismiss the appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f).

PER CURIAM

PANEL D: MCCOY, J.; CAYCE, C.J.; and LIVINGSTON, J.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: May 4, 2006

[1]See Tex. R. App. P.47.4.