Cortez, Damien Hernandez

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of fraudulent possession of identifying information, found two enhancement paragraphs in the indictment to be true, and assessed appellant’s punishment at 50 years’ incarceration. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal, but the record that was transmitted to the court of appeals did not contain a certification of the defendant’s right of appeal. Because of the absence of the certification, the court of appeals dismissed the appeal pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.2(d). 1 Cortez v. State, 380 S.W.3d 828 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 2012).

We hold that,…