Rodney Elliot Dunlap v. State ( 2017 )

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-17-00421-CR ____________________ RODNEY ELLIOT DUNLAP, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5 Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 17-322546 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On September 26, 2017, the trial court sentenced Rodney Elliot Dunlap on a conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia. Dunlap filed a notice of appeal on October 26, 2017. The trial court signed a certification indicating that this is a plea- bargain case and that the defendant had no right to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). After the district clerk provided the trial court’s certification to us, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the appeal unless Dunlap established that there were grounds on which he could continue pursuing his appeal. Dunlap did not 1 file a response to our request, which we sent to him on November 9, 2017. Because the trial court’s certification shows the defendant has no right to appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d). The appeal is dismissed. APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice Submitted on December 12, 2017 Opinion Delivered December 13, 2017 Do Not Publish Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ. 2