Latoya Marie Palmer v. The State of Texas Appeal from 248th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed May 5, 2016. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-16-00224-CR LATOYA MARIE PALMER, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 248th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1419631 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Latoya Marie Palmer was indicted for capital murder. Pursuant to a charge bargain, the State agreed to reduce the charge to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in exchange for appellant’s “guilty plea” to that offense. The trial court sentenced appellant to thirty years’ imprisonment. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal. We dismiss the appeal. Because this is a charge-bargain case, appellant has the right to appeal under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(a)(2) only: (A) those matters that were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, or (B) after receiving the trial court’s permission to appeal. Kennedy v. State, 297 S.W.3d 338, 340–41 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009); see also Shankle v. State, 119 S.W.3d 808, 812–13 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (holding that charge bargain that “effectively puts a cap on punishment” is a bargain governed by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(a)(2)). The record does not reflect the trial court’s permission to appeal or any pretrial motions that could be appealed. Therefore, we lack jurisdiction over appellant’s appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices McCally and Brown. Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 2
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