Reginald Reece v. the State of Texas

In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-24-00029-CR

REGINALD REECE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 5th District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 21F0725-005

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Following a jury trial on guilt/innocence, Reginald Reece was found guilty of theft of

property valued at less than $30,000.00, but more than $2,500.00.1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN.

§ 31.03(e)(4)(D) (Supp.). Pursuant to an agreement between the State and Reece, the trial court

sentenced Reece to thirteen years’ confinement in prison. The trial court ordered Reece’s

sentence to run consecutively with two other thirteen-year sentences that were assessed against

Reece the same day.2 Despite the trial court’s certification that this was a plea-agreement case

and that he had no right of appeal, Reece timely filed a notice of appeal.

Rule 25.2(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure states, in part, “The appeal must

be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has the right of appeal has not been made

part of the record under these rules.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

Because there is no certification in the record that shows Reece has a right of appeal, we

dismiss this appeal.

Scott E. Stevens
Chief Justice

Date Submitted: December 16, 2024
Date Decided: December 17, 2024

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1
The State’s indictment against Reece also contained two enhancement paragraphs alleging convictions of
aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance.
2
Reece appeals those two convictions in our cause numbers 06-24-00030-CR and 06-24-00031-CR.
2