Jason Washington v. the State of Texas

Motion Granted; Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
December 28, 2023.




                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-23-00438-CR

                      JASON WASHINGTON, Appellant

                                        V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 482nd District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 1732961


                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant entered a guilty plea to the offense of money laundering. See 

. In accordance with the terms of a plea-bargain
agreement with the State, the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for
twenty-five years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice. We dismiss the appeal.
      The trial court signed a certification of the defendant’s right to appeal in
which the court certified that this is a plea bargain case, and the defendant has no
right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). The trial court’s certification is
included in the record on appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d). The record supports
the trial court’s certification. See Dears v. State, 

 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2005). When a defendant waives his right of appeal before entering an open
plea of guilty, that waiver is binding if it was bargained for. See Ex parte
Broadway, 

, 697–98 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). On August 28, 2023,
the State filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction because
appellant waived their right to appeal. On November 15, 2023, appellant filed a
response agreeing that the appellant waived his right to appeal and this court lacks
jurisdiction.

      Accordingly, we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal.

                                   PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Bourliot, Zimmerer, and Spain.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)




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