Opinion
04-21-00196-CR
07-01-2021
Ricky Maurice RICHARDSON, Jr., Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
From the 451st Judicial District Court, Kendall County, Texas Trial Court No. 5898 Honorable Kirsten Cohoon, Judge Presiding
ORDER
LORI I. VALENZUELA, JUSTICE
On April 14, 2021, the trial court signed a judgment revoking appellant's community supervision. The clerk's record does not include the trial court's certification of defendant's right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d). Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(a)(2) requires the trial court to sign a certification of the defendant's right of appeal each time it enters a judgment of guilt or other appealable order. Rule 25.2(d) requires the clerk's record to include the trial court's certification of the defendant's right of appeal under Rule 25.2(a)(2). Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d). Although this certification "should be part of the record when notice is filed," it "may be added by timely amendment or supplementation under this rule or . . . by order of the appellate court under Rule 34.5(c)(2)." Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d); see also Tex. R. App. P. 34.5(c)(2) (explaining that "[i]f the appellate court in a criminal case orders the trial court to prepare and file . . . [a] certification of the defendant's right of appeal as required by these rules, the trial court clerk must prepare, certify, and file in the appellate court a supplemental clerk's record"). If a certification showing the defendant has the right to appeal is not made part of the record under these rules, the appeal must be dismissed. Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(d).
Because the clerk's record does not include the trial court's certification of defendant's right of appeal following revocation of his community supervision, we ORDER the trial court, if it has not yet signed a certification of defendants right of appeal, to sign such a certification on or before July 12, 2021. We further ORDER the trial court clerk to file a supplemental clerk's record containing the trial court's certification of defendant's right of appeal on or before July 21, 2021.