Opinion
No. 05-07-00995-CR
Opinion issued August 13, 2007. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex. R. App. P. 47.
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 6 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F06-89612-X.
Before Justices WHITTINGTON, BRIDGES, and LANG-MIERS.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Curtis Wayne Jackson entered a negotiated guilty plea to failure to register as a sex offender. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the trial judge sentenced appellant to two years' imprisonment. Although appellant waived his right to appeal as part of the plea agreement, he filed this appeal. The trial judge's rule 25.2 certification states the case involves a negotiated guilty plea and appellant has no right to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex.Crim.App. 2006). A defendant in a noncapital case may waive any right secured him by law. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 1.14 (Vernon 2005); Blanco v. State, 18 S.W.3d 218, 219 (Tex.Crim.App. 2000). When a defendant has bargained for a sentencing recommendation from the prosecution in exchange for his waiver of the right to appeal, there is no compelling reason why he should not be held to his bargain. See Blanco, 18 S.W.3d at 220. Because appellant waived his right to appeal, we have no jurisdiction over this appeal. See Chavez, 183 S.W.3d at 680. We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.