Joy Veronica Hayes v. The State of Texas--Appeal from County Court at Law of Bowie County

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-03-00052-CR
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JOY VERONICA HAYES, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 03M0089-CCL
Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Joy Veronica Hayes has filed an appeal from her conviction by a jury for the misdemeanor offense of assault. She was sentenced to incarceration in the county jail for 180 days.

On May 8, 2003, we wrote to counsel, informing him that we had noted a defect in the appeal, because the record did not contain a certification of Hayes' right to appeal.

Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d) now requires a certification to be made part of the record in every appeal filed by a defendant. That certification form, which is an appendix to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, provides a certification by the trial court of the defendant's right to appeal. If the certification is not made part of the record, under the rule we must dismiss the appeal.

In our letter, we warned counsel that, if we did not receive the certification within thirty days of the date of our letter, we would dismiss the appeal. As of the date of this opinion, counsel has not contacted this Court, and no certification has been filed.

The appeal is dismissed.

 

Jack Carter

Justice

 

Date Submitted: June 17, 2003

Date Decided: June 18, 2003

 

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