Christopher Lee Rutledge v. State ( 2010 )

                  NUMBERS 13-10-00219-CR AND 13-10-00220-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

CHRISTOPHER LEE RUTLEDGE,                                              Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                 Appellee.

                            On appeal from the 94th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Garza, and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Christopher Lee Rutledge, attempts to appeal two convictions for aggravated robbery.  The trial court has certified in both cases that this Ais a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.@  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

On April 15, 2010, this Court notified appellant=s counsel of the trial court=s certifications and ordered counsel to: (1) review the record; (2) determine whether appellant has a right to appeal; and (3) forward to this Court, by letter, counsel=s findings as to whether appellant has a right to appeal, or, alternatively, advise this Court as to the existence of any amended certifications.

On October 7, 2010, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court.  Counsel=s response does not establish that the certifications currently on file with this Court are incorrect or that appellant otherwise has a right to appeal. 

The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that an appeal must be dismissed if the trial court=s certification does not show that the defendant has the right of appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d); see Tex. R. App. P. 37.1, 44.3, 44.4.  Accordingly, these appeals are DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. 

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the

21st day of October, 2010.