Jarrod D. Williams v. State

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-19-00211-CR
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JARROD D. WILLIAMS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 1
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1332099D
Before Birdwell, Bassel, and Womack, JJ.
Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Jarrod D. Williams filed a pro se “Petitioner[’]s Notice of Appeal From Plea-
Bargained Case,” claiming that he is not the person who was charged but a different
person with the same name and that he has signed all court documents in this case
under duress. The trial court’s certification of the right of appeal states that this is a
plea-bargain case with no right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d). The trial
court’s judgment and the written plea admonishments support the certification.
Neither appellant nor his appointed standby counsel responded to our letter giving
them an opportunity to raise grounds for continuing the appeal. Accordingly, we must
dismiss this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183
S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006); see also Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.3d 77, 82 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2001) (holding that right of appeal in plea-bargained cases set forth in
article 44.02 of the code of criminal procedure excludes complaint that plea was
involuntary).
Per Curiam
Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: August 15, 2019
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