Valence Veloat Smith v. The State of Texas Appeal from 432nd District Court of Tarrant County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-15-00285-CR VALENCE VELOAT SMITH APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ---------FROM THE 432ND DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 1317055D ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION 1 ---------Appellant Valence Veloat Smith pled guilty to the state jail felony of abandoning or endangering a child 2 in exchange for three years’ deferred adjudication community supervision on the MHMR caseload and both standard and special conditions of community supervision. Appellant also signed a judicial 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. 2 See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.041(c), (f) (West 2011). confession, waived all pretrial motions, and waived all rights of appeal. The trial court’s certification states that this is a plea-bargained case and that Appellant has no right of appeal. We therefore informed Appellant by letter that his case was subject to dismissal unless he or any party desiring to continue the appeal showed grounds for continuing it. 3 We have received no response. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. 4 PER CURIAM PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: September 17, 2015 3 See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), 25.2(d). 4 See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f). 2

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