Opinion
No. 05-17-01479-CR
01-24-2018
STEVE WAYNE SILAS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 416th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 416-81379-2017
ORDER
We REINSTATE this appeal.
We abated the appeal for the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine whether appellant was entitled to court-appointed counsel in this appeal. We also ordered the trial court to file the certification of appellant's right to appeal. On January 12, 2018, the trial court held a hearing, and six days later, filed its findings of fact. We ADOPT the findings that (1) appellant was entitled to court-appointed counsel for the purposes of the hearing; (2) appellant entered into a plea agreement with the State on December 13, 2017; (3) the plea agreement states appellant waived his right to appeal; (4) the trial court's certification of appellant's right to appeal, signed by appellant and the trial judge, states appellant has no right to appeal; (5) there were no pretrial motions ruled on prior to trial; (6) the trial court did not give permission to appeal; and (7) appellant testified he knew he had no right to appeal.
/s/ CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE