GALE CORBETT HUTCHINSON v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (2011)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion By Justice Lang

Gale Corbett Hutchinson was convicted of four offenses of making a false statement to obtain credit;  one credit card abuse offense;  and one securing execution of a document by deception offense.   Pursuant to plea agreements, the trial court sentenced appellant to five years' imprisonment for three of the making a false statement to obtain credit offenses and the securing execution of a document by deception offense.   Also pursuant to plea agreements, the judge sentenced appellant to eighteen months' confinement in a state jail for the credit card abuse offense and the remaining making a false statement to obtain credit offense.

Appellant filed pro se notices of appeal stating he was appealing the trial court's rulings on specified pretrial motions.   However, in the plea agreement forms, which are signed by appellant and his attorney, appellant specifically waived his right to appeal his convictions.   See Blanco v. State, 18 S.W.3d 218 (Tex.Crim.App.2000).   The trial court's rule 25.2(d) certifications state both that the cases involve plea bargains and appellant has no right to appeal and that appellant waived his right to appeal.   The certifications were signed by both appellant and his attorney and are supported by the record before the Court.   See Dears v. State, 154 S.W.3d 610, 614–15 (Tex.Crim.App.2005).   Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.

Tex.R.App. P. 47

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DOUGLAS S. LANG JUSTICE