Douglas Dwayne Shirley v. State ( 2012 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-12-00237-CR
DOUGLAS DWAYNE SHIRLEY APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 297TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Pursuant to a plea bargain, Appellant Douglas Dwayne Shirley signed a
judicial confession and pled guilty to theft of property under $1,500 and two prior
convictions, a state jail felony,2 and the trial court convicted him of that offense
1
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 31.03(a)–(b), (e)(4)(D) (West Supp. 2011).
and sentenced him to six months’ confinement.3 Appellant filed a timely notice of
appeal.
The trial court’s certification states that this is a plea-bargained case and
that Appellant has no right of appeal. Accordingly, we informed Appellant by
letter on May 29, 2012, that this case was subject to dismissal unless he or any
party showed grounds for continuing the appeal on or before Friday, June 8,
2012.4 We have received no response.
We therefore dismiss this appeal.5
PER CURIAM
PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: June 28, 2012
3
See id. § 12.35(a)–(b) (providing range of confinement for state jail felony
is 180 days to two years’).
4
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), 25.2(d).
5
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f).
2