Brandon Clayton Yocum v. the State of Texas ( 2022 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-22-00220-CR
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BRANDON CLAYTON YOCUM, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 4
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1577405D
Before Bassel, Womack, and Wallach, JJ.
Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Brandon Clayton Yocum attempts to appeal his conviction for
murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(c). Yocum pleaded guilty to that offense
pursuant to a plea-bargain agreement, and the trial court sentenced him in accordance
with that agreement to twenty-six years’ confinement. As part of his plea-bargain
agreement, Yocum waived his right to appeal.
Consistent with Yocum’s plea-bargain agreement, the “Trial Court’s
Certification of Defendant’s Right of Appeal” in this case states that this “is a plea-
bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.” See Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(a)(2), (d). On September 15, 2022, we notified Yocum of the certification and
warned him that we would dismiss the appeal unless we received a response by
September 26, 2022, showing grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P.
25.2(a)(2), (d), 44.3. We received no response.
In accordance with the trial court’s certification, we dismiss Yocum’s appeal.
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f); see, e.g., Ponciano v. State, No. 02-17-00394-CR, 2018
WL 1414731, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Mar. 22, 2018, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication).
Per Curiam
Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: October 13, 2022
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