Opinion
No. 01-05-00920-CR
January 19, 2006. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 176th District Court, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 102818.
Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, KEYES, and HANKS.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of indecency with a child and, in accordance with a plea bargain agreement with the state, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 10 years. Appellant filed a timely pro se notice of appeal. In a plea-bargained case in which the punishment assessed does not exceed the plea agreement, a defendant may appeal only those matters that were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, or after obtaining the trial court's permission to appeal. Griffin v. State, 145 S.W.3d 645, 648-49 (Tex.Crim.App. 2004); Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 80 (Tex.Crim.App. 2001); Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(a)(2). The trial court's certification of appellant's right to appeal in this case states that this is a plea-bargained case and appellant has no right to appeal. The record supports the correctness of the certification. Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 614-15 (Tex.Crim.App. 2005). We must dismiss an appeal if the trial court's certification shows there is no right to appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. All pending motions are dismissed as moot.
We note that appellant also waived his right to appeal. See Buck v. State, 45 S.W.3d 275, 278 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, no pet.).