Malcolm Jamal Walls v. the State of Texas

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-25-00184-CR
No. 02-25-00185-CR
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MALCOLM JAMAL WALLS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from the 372nd District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 1732611, 1818392

Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Bassel, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Malcolm Jamal Walls pleaded guilty to charges of murder and

aggravated robbery, see Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 19.02, 29.03, and the trial court

assessed his punishment at 25 years’ concurrent confinement for each charge. Walls,

proceeding pro se, attempts to appeal both convictions.1 But as part of his plea

agreement, Walls waived his right to appeal. Indeed, the trial court signed

certifications of Walls’s right to appeal—which Walls also signed—stating that each

case “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.”

After receiving Walls’s notice of appeal concerning both cases, we notified him

that we had received the trial court’s certifications. We warned him that the appeals

could be dismissed unless he or another party filed a response showing grounds for

continuing the appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 44.3. We have received no

response.

Thus, in accordance with the trial court’s certifications, we dismiss Walls’s

appeals for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 43.2(f); Menendez v. State,

No. 02-24-00033-CR, 2024 WL 1207297, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Mar. 21,

2024, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

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Walls’s handwritten notice of appeal referenced his murder case as
No. 1748789, but the record shows that that case was refiled as No. 1818392, which
appears on the trial court’s judgment.

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/s/ Elizabeth Kerr
Elizabeth Kerr
Justice

Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: August 7, 2025

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