Devin Lerma v. State

                                       NUMBER 13-10-00320-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

DEVIN LERMA,                                                                         APPELLANT,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                            APPELLEE.

                           On appeal from the 347th District Court

                                       of Nueces County, Texas.

                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Garza

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Devin Lerma, attempts to appeal her conviction for possession of methadone.  The trial court has certified that Athe defendant has waived the right of appeal.@  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

On June 8, 2010, this Court notified appellant=s counsel of the trial court=s certification 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 certification.

On July 4, 2010, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court.  Counsel=s response does not establish that the certification currently on file with this Court is 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, this appeal is DISMISSED. 

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

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

Delivered and filed the

5th day of August, 2010.