Effect of Plea Bargain: Pro Se Litigant Waived Right to Appeal

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION: Opinion by Justice Henson (Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Henson)

Douglas Wayne Stidham v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 421st District Court of Caldwell County

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, 421ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 2007-285, HONORABLE CHARLES R. RAMSAY, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Douglas Wayne Stidham seeks to appeal a judgment of conviction for injury to an elderly person. The trial court has certified that: (1) this is a plea bargain case and Stidham has no right of appeal, and (2) Stidham waived his right of appeal. The pro se notice of appeal was also untimely. The appeal is dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2), (d), 26.2(a).
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Diane Henson, Justice
Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Henson
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: March 6, 2008
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