Cody Joe Pickett v. The State of Texas Appeal from 432nd District Court of Tarrant County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-22-00079-CR ___________________________ CODY JOE PICKETT, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS On Appeal from the 432nd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 1590572D Before Birdwell, Bassel, and Womack, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION Pursuant to a charge bargain, Cody Pickett entered an open plea1 of guilty to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and three counts of abandoning or endangering a child. Under that bargain, the State agreed to waive the repeat-offender-enhancement paragraph of the indictment. This bargain is reflected in the trial court’s certification of Pickett’s right of appeal, which shows that this is a plea-bargain case for which Pickett has no right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d)–(e). We notified the parties that we lack jurisdiction over the appeal based on the trial court’s certification and stated that unless a party filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal, we would dismiss it. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. In Pickett’s response, he conceded that this case involves a charge bargain and that he has no right of appeal, correctly asserting that this court “must dismiss this appeal.” Therefore, we dismiss Pickett’s appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), 43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Per Curiam The term “open plea” is often utilized to refer to a myriad of different types of pleas that a defendant might enter, but it is sometimes a misnomer. See Harper v. State, 567 S.W.3d 450, 454 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2019, no pet.) (discussing the use of the term “open plea” in the various settings it has been used, interpreted, and reviewed and whether it should be used at all). Here, Pickett entered his plea without the benefit of an agreement with the prosecutors regarding sentencing (a sentencing bargain). Rather, Pickett’s punishment was left for the trial court to decide. We use the term “open plea” in this case because that is how the plea is referred to in the trial court’s written plea admonishments and the trial court’s judgments. 1 2 Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) Delivered: September 15, 2022 3
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