AT AUSTIN
NO. 3-92-262-CR
WILLIE ALLEN WHITTENBURG, JR.,
APPELLANT
vs.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
APPELLEE
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 40,324, HONORABLE JACK W. PRESCOTT, JUDGE
PER CURIAM
Appellant pleaded guilty and judicially confessed to the offense of aggravated robbery. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 29.03 (Supp. 1992). Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, the district court assessed punishment at imprisonment for forty years.
The transcript contains a written waiver of appeal signed by appellant, his attorney, and the trial judge. This document, which reflects a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal, was signed on the day judgment and sentence were imposed in open court.
A defendant who knowingly and intelligently waives his right to appeal may not thereafter appeal without the consent of the trial court. Ex parte Dickey, 543 S.W.2d 99 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976). See also Hurd v. State, 548 S.W.2d 388 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977); Reed v. State, 516 S.W.2d 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). There is nothing in the record to indicate that appellant sought or obtained the permission of the trial court to pursue this appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
[Before Justices Powers, Jones and Kidd]
Dismissed
Filed: June 24, 1992
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