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In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-26-00125-CR DAMARIUS SANTEZ WASHINGTON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 6th District Court Lamar County, Texas Trial Court No. 30820 Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens MEMORANDUM OPINION Damarius Santez Washington pled guilty to possession of less than one gram of a controlled substance and was placed on three years’ community supervision. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115(b) (Supp.). At the revocation rehearing on the State’s motion to revoke community supervision, Washington agreed to waive his right of appeal in exchange for a twenty-two-month cap on his state-jail sentence. The trial court then sentenced Washington to twenty-two months in state jail and certified that he had waived his right of appeal. Even though Washington waived his right of appeal, he nevertheless, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal. “A court of appeals lacks jurisdiction over and must dismiss an appeal when the defendant has validly waived his right of appeal.” Lopez v. State, 595 S.W.3d 897, 899 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020, pet. ref’d) (citing Jones v. State, 488 S.W.3d 801, 808 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016)); see also Freeman v. State, 913 S.W.2d 714, 717 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1995, pet. ref’d). We informed Washington of this apparent defect in our jurisdiction over his appeal and afforded him an opportunity to respond and, if possible, cure such defect. While Washington responded, he did not provide a sufficient basis for retaining this matter on our docket. 2 Because Washington has no right of appeal as a result of his valid waiver of the right of appeal and because the trial court’s certification correctly indicates that he is without a right of appeal, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d). Scott E. Stevens Chief Justice Date Submitted: September 4, 2026 Date Decided: September 8, 2026 Do Not Publish 3