Judd Bishop v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Date FiledOctober 21, 2026
Docket07-26-00381-CR
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-26-00381-CR
JUDD BISHOP, APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
On Appeal from the 47th District Court
Randall County, Texas
Trial Court No. 35130A, Honorable Dee Johnson, Presiding
October 21, 2026
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before PARKER, C.J., and DOSS and PRATT, JJ.
Appellant, Judd Bishop, proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s order
placing him on deferred adjudication community supervision for the offense of stalking. 1
We dismiss the untimely appeal for want of jurisdiction and because Appellant has no
right of appeal.
1 See TEX. PENAL CODE § 42.072(b).
The trial court signed the Order of Deferred Adjudication on July 29, 2026.
Because no motion for new trial was filed, Appellant’s notice of appeal was due within
thirty days after the order was entered, by August 28, 2026. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)
(requiring a notice of appeal to be filed within thirty days after the trial court enters an
appealable order or within ninety days if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial).
Appellant filed a notice of appeal on September 9, 2026, without filing a motion for an
extension of time. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3 (permitting an appellate court to extend the
time to file a notice of appeal if a motion for an extension of time and a notice of appeal
are filed within fifteen days after the deadline). Appellant’s untimely notice of appeal,
thus, prevents this Court from acquiring jurisdiction over the appeal. See Castillo v. State,
369 S.W.3d 196, 198 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012) (“If a notice of appeal is not timely filed, the
court of appeals has no option but to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”).
Further, under Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(d), we are required to dismiss an
appeal “if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been
made part of the record.” Here, the trial court’s certification of Appellant’s right of appeal
indicates that this is a plea bargain case with no right of appeal and that Appellant has
waived the right of appeal. The certification comports with the record before the Court.
By letter of September 14, 2026, we notified Appellant of the consequences of his
late notice of appeal and the trial court’s certification and directed him to show how the
Court has jurisdiction over the appeal. Appellant has neither filed a response nor had any
further communication with this Court to date.
2
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction and based on the trial
court’s certification.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
3